Collaborators

Science & Policy Working Together

Our team is composed of specialists working together from a wide range of disciplines. Founded in 1991 jointly with the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, the Joint Program is a partnership of the Center for Global Change Science and the MIT Energy Initiative, with participants from all five MIT Schools.

Center for Global Change Science (CGCS)

The CGCS is an independent center in the School of Science that also involves researchers from the School of Engineering. Building on 60-plus years of work on weather and climate at MIT, the center’s meteorologists, oceanographers, atmospheric chemists, hydrologists, ecologists and satellite specialists aim to form a better understanding of earth’s climate while facilitating the prediction of climate change.

MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) 

The MITEI is dedicated to decarbonizing global energy systems and building upon MIT's long tradition of working collaboratively and transparently with industry, government, and civil society. Linking science, innovation, and policy, MITEI aims to transform the world's energy systems by advancing zero-and low-carbon solutions to combat climate change and expand energy access. Many Joint Program researchers are appointed in MITEI, and several research projects are collaborative with MITEI.

Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR)

The CEEPR conducts policy research on energy, natural resources and environmental issues, involving economists with expertise in energy and environmental quality, decision analysts, energy technologists and scholars of politics and the policy process. Created in the 1970s, it is a shared effort of the Sloan School of Management, the Economics Department and MITEI.

Collaborators

The Joint Program is engaged in cooperative efforts with many MIT departments, labs, centers and institutes, notable are MITEI and the Department of Earth, Planetary, and Atmospheric Sciences (EAPS), as well as research institutions and nonprofit organizations worldwide. 

Affiliates

The Program maintains a mutually-designated Affiliate relationship with four independent "think-tanks" based in New York, London, Colorado and New Delhi that focus on global environmental challenges:

National & International

Our faculty and researchers serve on professional committees and panels, and respond to requests for information and assistance from the press, government representatives and other assessment groups. They have delivered briefings to the U.S. Congress and federal and state agencies, foreign governments and international organizations and independent research panels. Examples:

Other Research Institutions and Nonprofits