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New modeling tool enables rapid design of effective and equitable policy combinations
News and Outreach: Sergey Paltsev
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Men's Journal
MIT Joint Program Deputy Director Sergey Paltsev notes need to further reduce emissions associated with EV production and power sources (Men's Journal)
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Global Changes - Fall 2022 Newsletter
Insights, news, projects, publications and other developments at the MIT Joint Program
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MIT Office of the Vice President for Research
Delegates from MIT attended COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where international climate negotiations went down to the wire (MIT Office of the Vice President for Research)
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Reducing methane emissions is the fastest way to lower global temperatures in the near term
In The News
Power Electronics News
Policymakers and manufacturers are working toward building new technologies to reduce the carbon footprint of cars (Power Electronics News)
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MIT News
New tool pinpoints policy combinations that maximize health benefits
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MIT Climate Portal
Yes: although electric cars' batteries make them more carbon-intensive to manufacture than gas cars, they more than make up for it by driving much cleaner under nearly any conditions. (MIT Climate Portal) (Additional Coverage: Travel Tomorrow)
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MIT Joint Program presentations showcase tools and pathways to assess and alleviate regional and global risk
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New video shows how U.S. climate policies can be designed to enable a just energy transition
Recent Publications
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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
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But a new MIT CS3-led study shows how advanced steelmaking technologies could substantially reduce carbon emissions
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But a new MIT CS3-led study shows how advanced steelmaking technologies could substantially reduce carbon emissions