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Deputy Director Sergey Paltsev speaks on the 1.5°C climate target and flying with hydrogen (Coverage: Houston Chronicle)
News and Outreach: Sergey Paltsev
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MIT Climate Portal
Supply-side restrictions, like shutting down new oil wells or gas pipelines, tend to lead to more imports and minimal impacts on greenhouse gas emissions—unless paired with other policies that limit demand for fossil fuels (MIT Climate Portal)
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Daily Mail
EPA says it's 'looking into' study that found electric cars are MORE toxic than gas-powered vehicles
Study suggested EVs expel more particulate matter through their tires and brakes than modern gas-powered vehicles due to added weight from batteries (Daily Mail)
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MIT Technology Review
Batteries are dominating zero-emissions vehicles, and the fuel has better uses elsewhere (MIT Technology Review)
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MIT News
Can carbon trading systems reduce global emissions, or are they little more than greenwashing? Clear, enforceable standards may make the difference. (MIT News)
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FactCheck.org
EV's higher manufacturing emissions are more than offset by their lower operational emissions, says MIT Joint Program Deputy Director Sergey Paltsev (FactCheck.org)
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MIT Office of the Vice President for Research
MIT delegates share observations and insights from the largest-ever UN climate conference (MIT Office of the Vice President for Research) (Related: MIT Joint Program at COP28)
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MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium
MIT Joint Program Deputy Director Sergey Paltsev describes climate risk drivers and how MIT researchers are forecasting their impacts on businesses (MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium)
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Knowledge to action: Co-developing local solutions to the climate crisis
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MIT News
2023 Global Change Outlook quantifies benefits of policies that cap global warming at 1.5°C
Recent Publications
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Gurgel, A., K.B. Narayan, J. Reilly, X. Gao, C. Vernon, J. Morris, C.A. Schlosser and S. Paltsev (2025)
Earth's Future, 13(6) (doi: 10.1029/2024EF005016)
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Gurgel, A., K. Benavides, J. Morris, B.K. Mignone, B. Chapman, H. Kheshgi, H. Herzog and S. Paltsev (2025)
Journal of Cleaner Production, 513, 145726 (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145726)
News + Media
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New modeling framework projects how pressures on the global food system could impact cropland, pastureland and forests
News Release
But a new MIT CS3-led study shows how advanced steelmaking technologies could substantially reduce carbon emissions
News Release
But a new MIT CS3-led study shows how advanced steelmaking technologies could substantially reduce carbon emissions