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BBC World Service | Dec 09, 2016
Donald Trump has chosen a climate change sceptic to head the US Environmental Protection Agency. MIT Joint Program Co-Director Emeritus Henry Jacoby comments on the policy implications in this BBC World Service radio clip.
News Release
Dec 07, 2016
New book chapter highlights the Joint Program’s approach to representing land use in global computable general equilibrium models
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New York Times | Dec 02, 2016
Despite the title of the article, the author cautions that the world remains imperiled by greenhouse gas emissions associated with climate change, citing the MIT Joint Program’s 2015 Energy and Climate Outlook.
Around Campus
MIT News | Nov 30, 2016
MIT Climate CoLab presents innovative approach at UN international climate talks
in MoroccoAn MIT research initiative is harnessing the power of crowds and online collaborative tools in support of fulfilling global Paris Agreement climate goals.
News Release
Nov 23, 2016
Accounting for year-to-year variability enables more accurate projections of climate change and its impacts
In The News • China Energy & Climate Project
MIT Energy Initiative | Nov 22, 2016
PhD candidate Michael Davidson gathers information at COP22 for his research on renewable energy and climate change policies in China
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MIT News | Nov 22, 2016
At UN Climate Change Conference, MIT researchers share insights on implementing climate commitments
Last year, participants in the Paris Agreement on climate change expressed the shared global objective of limiting temperature rise, with each party to the agreement laying out its intended national contributions to addressing climate change. At this year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP22)...
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MIT News | Nov 22, 2016
Why it so hard for human beings to address climate change? What can motivate effective action?
The ethical challenges presented by climate change and the question of what individuals — and academic institutions like MIT — can do to affect change drew approximately 250 people to Morss Hall at MIT on Thursday, Nov. 17 for an MIT-wide forum titled “Climate Change: Ethics in Action.”
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CleanTechnica | Nov 21, 2016
MIT: Emissions Trading for Transport = EU’s Cheapest Means of Reducing Transport Emissions; EU officials reportedly receptive to Joint Program study’s findings
“Rather than adopting an approach similar to the corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standard in the United States, the European Union could achieve similar carbon dioxide emissions reductions simply by extending the existing emissions trading system to encompass transportation (in addition to...
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MIT News | Nov 17, 2016
Tata Center graduate fellow Arun Singh shares energy-economic modeling research at UN Climate Change Conference