The consortium convenes industry, academia and policy leaders to navigate competing demands and reimagine materials supply. Its faculty co-director is MIT Professor/CS3 affiliate Elsa Olivetti. (MIT Office of the Vice President for Energy and Climate)
News and Outreach: Christopher Knittel
The cost of climate policy action may already be less than household costs of climate change, which will likely increase in years to come, finds study co-authored by MIT Professor/CS3-affiliate Catherine Wolfram (Brookings) (Coverage: Heatmap)
Founding Director Susan Solomon and other MIT CS3-affiliated researchers among key contributors (MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative)
Key points from the 47th MIT Global Change Forum
The effort to accelerate climate work at the Institute adds to its leadership team (MIT News)
As part of the new Climate Project at MIT, the center will create and strengthen connections between leading climate researchers and policymakers (MIT Sloan School of Management) (Coverage: Boston Globe, Axios, MIT Technology Review)
A county-by-county study shows where the U.S. job market will evolve most during the move to clean energy (MIT News)
The MIT Energy Initiative’s Annual Research Conference highlights strategies for implementing large-scale reductions in the world’s greenhouse gas emissions (MIT Energy Initiative)
The Clean Investment Monitor database, a new collaboration between MIT CEEPR and the Rhodium Group, shows $213 billion in clean technology and infrastructure investments in the last year (MIT News) (Coverage: New York Times)
A variety of recent events highlighted efforts by faculty, staff, and students to make a difference today (MIT Office of the Vice President for Research)
A multidisciplinary climate change curriculum for high schools, developed at MIT, aims to engage and mobilize teachers and students (MIT Energy Initiative)
To put global climate modeling at the fingertips of local decision-makers, some scientists think it’s time to rethink the system from scratch. Five Joint Program-affiliated researchers will help advance an MIT Climate Grand Challenges flagship project to do just that. (WBUR)