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News Release
May 17, 2016
Why some states could be impacted more than others
How much will your cost of living rise if a price is put on carbon? According to a new study in The Energy Journal, the answer may depend on where you live—and how policymakers define who’s ultimately responsible for human-made carbon emissions.
News Release
May 12, 2016
Joint Program immerses MIT Open House visitors in climate science and policy
In The News
MIT News | May 10, 2016
Grad student Jesse Jenkins and professor Valerie Karplus discuss challenges of emissions pricing in a new paper
In a new working paper titled "Carbon pricing under binding political constraints," MIT Institute for Data, Systems and Society doctoral candidate Jesse Jenkins and Sloan School of Management Assistant Professor Valerie Karplus discuss the political obstacles facing efforts to price carbon...
News Release • China Energy & Climate Project
May 10, 2016
Does China break the mold?
Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Around Campus
MIT News | May 06, 2016
Comprehensive fundraising initiative aims to raise $5 billion to advance Institute's work on some of the world's biggest challenges
MIT President L. Rafael Reif today announced the official launch of the MIT Campaign for a Better World, a comprehensive fundraising initiative that will amplify the Institute's distinctive strength in education, research, and innovation,...
Researcher Highlight
May 01, 2016
Steven Barrett probes the environmental impact of aviation and options for reducing it
One round‑trip flight between New York and San Francisco generates two to three tons of carbon dioxide emissions per passenger, more than 10 percent of the annual carbon footprint of the typical American. The aircraft further heats up the climate through the cloudlike contrails (condensation...
Student Spotlight
May 01, 2016
MIT graduate student Tochukwu "Tox" Akobi investigates the impact of technological innovation on the price of oil
As the world strives for a low‑carbon future, the search is on for fuels that are both emissions‑free and cost‑competitive with fossil fuels. One way to estimate how low alternative fuels must be priced to go head‑to‑head with fossil fuels is to run the Joint Program’s Economic Projection and...
In The News
Eos: Earth and Space Science News | Apr 29, 2016
Although the Paris agreement scheduled to be signed 22 April aims for a 2°C warming cap, new findings show that even a 1.5°C rise will hit glaciers hard.
To mark Earth Day, leaders from more than 165 countries are expected to gather at the United Nations tomorrow for a ceremony to sign the Paris climate agreement, reached last December. Under the...
Around Campus
MIT News | Apr 28, 2016
Colette Heald studies atmospheric gases and particles, and how they affect air quality and climate
Winds that blow across the Sahara desert in North Africa pick up particles of soil and sand, and typically carry them westward. Many of these grains travel across the Atlantic, leading to poor-visibility days in the southern U.S. and Caribbean, transporting nutrients to far-flung ecosystems in...
News Release
Apr 27, 2016
Aerosol emissions would slow warming but suppress rainfall