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Link to Article | Aug 07, 2014
National Journal || Ben Geman writes about MIT Joint Program researchers' recent analysis of what the world can expect from upcoming climate policy negotiations.
Ben Geman
National Journal
Don't expect too much from the global climate-change accord that's expected to emerge from high-stakes international talks in Paris next year.
A new MIT study concludes that even...
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Link to Article | Aug 06, 2014
The Hill reports on a new Joint Program Report detailing MIT researchers' expectations for 2015 UN climate policy negotiations.
Laura Barron-Lopez
The Hill | Energy & Environment
Negotiations among global leaders in Paris next year meant to mitigate climate change and keep the global temperature below 2 degrees Celsius are likely to fail, according to a new study.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) report...
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Link to Article | Aug 02, 2014
In NY Times' The Upshot, Cornell University economics professor Robert H. Frank writes an Op-Ed debunking myths about climate change, featuring MIT's Integrated Global System Model.
by Robert H. Frank
NY Times | The Upshot[Excerpt from full article]
Myth 6: Penalizing greenhouse gas emissions would violate people’s freedom.
As John Stuart Mill, the...
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Link to Article | Jul 29, 2014
CBS NEWS || As our need for food rises, our ability to produce that food may be lowered by climate and air quality changes, according a to a study just published in Nature Climate Change.
Eliene Augenbraun
CBS News
The world will need 50 percent more food by 2050 due to both an increasing population and a shift toward a more Westernized diet in developing countries. But as our need for food rises, our ability to produce that food may be lowered by...
News Release
Jul 28, 2014
MIT study finds that sectoral regulations will not cut emissions enough to substantially limit climate change, but are a good first step toward phasing in a price on carbon.
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IBT | Jul 28, 2014
Climate change could pose an even greater threat to global food production than previously thought, according to new research. Rising temperatures will not only damage heat-sensitive crops – they’ll also increase toxic air pollution, which will harm crops even further.
Maria Gallucci
International Business Times
Climate change could pose an even greater threat to global food production than previously thought, according to new research. Rising...
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Link to Article | Jul 28, 2014
Thomson Reuters || Controlling air pollution could help curb projected declines in global food supplies, a new study says, suggesting policymakers should consider both climate change and ozone pollution in efforts to ensure the world has enough food.
Megan Rowling
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Controlling air pollution could help curb projected declines in global food supplies, a new study says, suggesting policymakers should consider both climate change and ozone pollution in efforts to ensure the world has enough food.
Scientists have largely...
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Link to Article | Jul 27, 2014
Ozone and higher temperatures can combine to reduce crop yields, but effects will vary by region.
By David L. Chandler
Many studies have shown the potential for global climate change to cut food supplies. But these studies have, for the most part, ignored the interactions between increasing temperature and air pollution — specifically ozone pollution, which is known to damage crops....
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Huffington Post | Jul 27, 2014
Huffington Post || Ozone pollution, which worsens breathing problems and causes air quality warnings, may compound global warming's damage to the world's food crops, according to a new study.
Katherine Boehrer
Huffington Post
Ozone pollution, which worsens breathing problems and causes air quality warnings, may compound global warming's damage to the world's food crops, according to a new study....
Jun 24, 2014
Human life has been so remarkably successful that its sustainability has become the major challenge of our age. Meeting energy needs in a sustainable fashion will require not only bringing together investors, corporations, scientists, and policy makers but new ways of thinking. Can economics be...