New Global Change Outlook shows how accelerated action can reduce climate risks and improve sustainability outcomes, while highlighting potential geopolitical hurdles
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New modeling framework projects how pressures on the global food system could impact cropland, pastureland and forests
Key takeaways from the XLVI (46th) MIT Global Change Forum
Study highlights factors that could reduce climate risk
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2023 Global Change Outlook quantifies benefits of policies that cap global warming at 1.5°C
MIT Joint Program presentations highlight multiple sustainability challenges and solutions
One of MIT’s five Climate Grand Challenges flagship projects involving significant Joint Program contributions, the Jameel Observatory-CREWSnet project will pilot in Bangladesh and Sudan to help communities adapt to the impacts of climate change (MIT Office of the Vice President for Research)
Computational tool empowers decision-makers to target interventions
Finding ‘hotspots’ where compounding risks converge
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MIT Joint Program presentations showcase tools and pathways to assess and alleviate regional and global risk
Report cites MIT Joint Program study projecting significant water-supply risks by 2050 (Earth.org)