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. (MIT School of Science)
Joint Program researchers participating in three: Bringing Computation to the Climate Challenge, Preparing for a new world of weather and climate extremes, and The Climate Resilience Early Warning System (MIT News) (Coverage: Boston Business Journal)
Website features accessible "Explainers" by MIT Joint Program researchers and other MIT climate experts
Joint Program Deputy Director Sergey Paltsev and Research Scientist Jennifer Morris among MIT researchers sharing expertise
Decrease in clean energy investment could exacerbate health crisis
Climate change is a global threat, but solutions involve a superhuman level of sacrifice and awareness, says MIT Sloan’s Christopher Knittel
MIT symposium looks at the role of advances in storage, solar, nuclear, EVs and more in cutting greenhouse gas emissions
Technological innovations, policies, and behavioral changes will all be needed to reach Paris climate agreement targets (Coverage: WBUR, Technology Review, E&E News, Smart Cities Dive, Forbes)
There are five features that combine to make global warming a more vexing environmental crisis than any we have faced before (LA Times)
A $7 per metric ton carbon tax could reduce emissions by the same amount as the flagship climate policies of the Obama administration
CEEPR study makes extensive use of Joint Program's EPPA model (Axios) (Additional coverage: E&E News)
Even where the majority of the population favors climate action, carbon pricing is a tough sell, cautions MIT CEEPR Director Christopher Knittel (Scientific American)
