News and Outreach: Sergey Paltsev
In the United Nations Climate blog Electric Future, MIT Joint Program Deputy Director Sergey Paltsev highlights challenges in making EVs truly emissions-free (UNFCCC)
A new platform will unite climate models, impact predictions, random control trial evaluations, and humanitarian services to bring cutting-edge tools to Bangladeshi communities. MIT Climate Grand Challenges flagship project includes seven Joint Program-affiliated contributors. (MIT Lincoln Laboratory)
Earth Day release underscores the program's mission to advance a sustainable, prosperous world
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)
Uncertainty quantification of socio-economic outcomes can be combined with scenario discovery techniques to explore a full range of outcomes and provide insight into associated likelihoods while also identifying individual scenarios of interest.
New study reveals multiple pathways for a successful energy transition by 2050
Council of Economic Advisers/OMB white paper highlights MIT Joint Program's EPPA and USREP as model examples (pp. 25-26) (White House)
Key takeaways from the XLIV (44th) MIT Global Change Forum
Currently, there is no magic bullet for fossil fuels—no one energy technology that can provide a cheap and reliable alternative capable of supporting the world’s growing energy needs.
MIT Joint Program Deputy Director Sergey Paltsev explores technology and policy options at international energy symposium