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MIT News | Dec 20, 2018
Study finds chloroform emissions, on the rise in East Asia, could delay ozone recovery by up to eight years
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office December 20, 2018
Earlier this year, the United Nations announced some much-needed, positive news about the environment: The ozone layer, which shields the Earth from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation, and which was severely depleted by decades of...
In The News
France 24 | Dec 18, 2018
Joint Program Research Scientist Jennifer Morris interviewed on France 24
News Brief
Dec 18, 2018
Joint Program Deputy Director Sergey Paltsev and CEEPR Deputy Director Michael Mehling interviewed in MIT Energy Initiative podcasts during COP24 in Katowice, Poland
MIT Energy Initiative Communications Director Emily Dahl produced two podcasts during COP24 in Katowice, Poland:
Podcast: Climate policy paths for Latin American and Asian nations
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MIT News | Dec 14, 2018
At UN Climate Change Conference, MIT researchers share knowledge and tools to help nations meet Paris Agreement targets
Emily Dahl | MIT Energy Initiative December 13, 2018
Emily Dahl of the MIT Energy Initiative filed this report from the 2018 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland, which runs Dec. 3 - 14.
For the past two weeks, climate negotiations at the 2018 United Nations Climate...
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MIT News | Dec 13, 2018
Study projects dramatic increase in annual high-heat days in the U.S. Northeast by century’s end
Long-term assessment of likely regional and local climate impacts is critical to enabling municipalities, businesses and regional economies to prepare for potentially damaging and costly effects of climate change—from prolonged droughts to more frequent and intense extreme events such as major...
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MIT News | Dec 12, 2018
Scientists and engineers will collaborate in a new Climate Modeling Alliance to advance climate modeling and prediction
School of Science December 12, 2018
The following news article is adapted from a press release issued by Caltech, in partnership with the MIT School of Science, the Naval Postgraduate School, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Facing the certainty of a changing climate coupled...
Commentary
World Resources Institute | Dec 11, 2018
That's what's needed in order for the Paris Agreement to succeed, argues Joint Program Founding Co-Director Henry D. Jacoby (World Resources Institute)
Anchoring Long-Term Strategy in Near-Term Action
News Release
MIT News | Dec 10, 2018
Two new MIT reports advance practical emissions-reduction strategies for Southeast Asia and Latin America at both the regional and country level
Now convening in Katowice, Poland, amid dire warnings from the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius and the National Climate Assessment about the pace of climate change and severity of its impacts, the 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) to the United Nations Framework...
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Global Changes: Fall 2018 | Dec 07, 2018
The biannual newsletter of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
In The News
Associated Press | Dec 06, 2018
Joint Program Co-Director John Reilly comments in Associated Press news story
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The Associated PressPosted: Dec 05, 2018 01:58 PM EST
Updated: Dec 05, 2018 01:58 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — After several years of little growth, global emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide experienced their largest jump in seven years, discouraging scientists.