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MIT News | Mar 30, 2016
Study finds high risk of severe water stress in Asia by 2050
Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office
Economic and population growth on top of climate change could lead to serious water shortages across a broad swath of Asia by the year 2050, a newly published study by MIT scientists has found.
The study deploys detailed modeling to produce what the...
Commentary • China Energy & Climate Project
ChinaFAQs | Mar 22, 2016
World's top CO2 emitter on track to reach key climate goal by 2030
Valerie Karplus | ChinaFAQs
Based on recent economic developments and the newly-released Thirteenth Five-Year Plan, China is well on its way to reaching its climate goal of peak CO2 emissions by 2030.
The Plan charts the overarching course of China’s economic and social development through 2020,...
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MIT News | Mar 15, 2016
MIT Energy Initiative report provides recommendations for reductions in light-duty vehicle energy use and greenhouse gas emissions
News Release
Mar 14, 2016
Top U.N. climate advisor highlights successes in Paris, challenges ahead.
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Auburn University | Mar 10, 2016
Study led by Joint Program Research Affiliate Hanquin Tian; coauthors include JP Co-Director Ronald Prinn and Research Affiliates Jerry Melillo and Eri Saikawa
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CLP New Horizons | Mar 09, 2016
Joint Program Co-Director John Reilly featured in CLP New Horizons
The following article appeared in CLP New Horizons, a compendium of news and perspectives on how to move the Asia-Pacific region toward a more sustainable energy future:
John Reilly | MIT Joint Program on the...
News Release
Mar 04, 2016
U.N. initiative expanding climate action beyond national level, says top U.N. climate advisor
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MIT News | Mar 03, 2016
Four-part plan signals effort to build on last year’s climate action plan, and an end to months-long protest
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office
After months of dialog and negotiation, the student-led group Fossil Free MIT and the MIT administration have reached an agreement that has brought to an end the group’s sit-in, which began on October 22, in front of the administrative offices.
Both sides say...
Mar 02, 2016
Janos Pasztor, Senior Advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General on Climate Change, describes the U.N.’s Action Agenda from its origins to its emergence at COP21 to its next steps.
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New York Times | Feb 29, 2016
Joint Program Co-Director Ronald Prinn quoted in front-page NY Times Article
“This, for me, is such a big shock,” said Prinn. “To think that you could stop measurements or throw out the people, that doesn’t make any sense to me and to many, many other people around the world.”