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MIT News | Apr 27, 2016

MIT Outlines Progress on Its Five-Year Climate Action Plan

Progress report underscores strong collaboration across campus to address climate change

Vice President for Research Maria Zuber today released a report outlining progress in several key areas of MIT’s five-year Plan for...

Apr 21, 2016

Historical Responsibilities and Climate Impacts of the Paris Agreement

At the United Nations conference on climate change in Paris in December 2015, 195 countries adopted the first legally binding global climate deal. A key point of discussion was the issue of responsibility. This press conference presents new research assessing the extent to which some developed...

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Apr 21, 2016

How Much of a Difference Will the Paris Agreement Make?

MIT study projects end-of-century climate under different scenarios

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MarketWatch | Apr 19, 2016

The Oil Industry's Troubles Aren't Bad Enough to Trigger Another Global Crisis

Cheap oil fuels other parts of the world economy

John Reilly | MarketWatch The crash in the price of oil — from $108 a barrel in June 2014 to below $27 earlier this year — has rattled the stock market, triggered layoffs across the energy sector, and plunged many oil producing countries into crisis. Oil has since rebounded significantly from its...

Apr 15, 2016

Scientific American: Asia Faces Water Shortages

A new study points to the risk that China and India will be facing severe water shortages by 2050 due to a perfect storm of economic growth, climate change, and fast growing populations. Joint Program Deputy Director Adam Schlosser comments on the future of water stress in Asia.

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Poets and Quants | Apr 15, 2016

2016 Best 40 Under 40 Professors

Valerie Karplus, Sloan School of Management

Andrea Carter | Poets and Quants Valerie Karplus Assistant Professor, Global Economics and Management MIT, Sloan School of Management Forecasts suggest that rapidly developing nations such as China will be responsible for most of the growth in greenhouse gas emissions over the next 50 years....

Commentary • China Energy & Climate Project

The Conversation | Apr 12, 2016

Has China's Coal Use Peaked?

Here's how to read the tea leaves

The latest numbers show China is using more coal and energy than previously thought, but the last two years of data suggest China’s coal use may be peaking earlier than expected.