MIT report highlights challenges and opportunities for conserving natural resources and stabilizing the climate
MIT Joint Program workshop explores economic and environmental impacts of scaling up low-carbon energy
Joint Program researchers advocate for improved modeling approach
Study explores steps needed to measure each nation’s climate progress
Two veteran environmental economists at MIT, John Reilly (left) and Henry "Jake" Jacoby, briefly outline a couple of the most important, and least appreciated, facts about human-driven climate change. One is that the system has enormous inertia, preventing any quick fix.
Donald Trump has chosen a climate change sceptic to head the US Environmental Protection Agency. MIT Joint Program Co-Director Emeritus Henry Jacoby comments on the policy implications in this BBC World Service radio clip.
At Climate Week conference, MIT Joint Program lays out the 2C challenge for oil and gas producers
Morris, J., A. Sokolov, J. Reilly, A. Libardoni, C.S. Forest, S. Paltsev, C. A. Schlosser, R. Prinn and H. Jacoby (2025)
Nature Communications, 16(2703) (doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-57897-1)
Yohe, G., H. Jacoby, R. Richels and B. Santer
(2023)
Springer Cham, doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-96372-9_1
Yuan, M., A. Barron, N. Selin, P. Picciano, L. Metz, J. Reilly and H. Jacoby
(2022)
Environmental Research Letters, 17(5) (doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac6227)
First workshop explores concept and potential research directions
Amid growing concern about environmental and socioeconomic “tipping point” events, the MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy (CS3) has launched a new, interactive workshop series aimed at advancing research discussions and collaborations to better understand, predict and inform proactive responses to their potential emergence. The kickoff Tipping Points workshop, held on February 27 on Zoom and facilitated by CS3 Deputy Director C. Adam Schlosser and Principal Research Scientist Jennifer Morris, included an overview of the concept, three flash talks on tipping points science and its potential application, and breakout sessions to identify key research challenges and opportunities.
Amid growing concern about environmental and socioeconomic “tipping point” events, the MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy (CS3) has launched a new, interactive workshop series aimed at advancing research discussions and collaborations to better understand, predict and inform proactive responses to their potential emergence. The kickoff Tipping Points workshop, held on February 27 on Zoom and facilitated by CS3 Deputy Director C. Adam Schlosser and Principal Research Scientist Jennifer Morris, included an overview of the concept, three flash talks on tipping points science and its potential application, and breakout sessions to identify key research challenges and opportunities.
