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Global Changes - Spring 2021 Newsletter
Insights, news, projects, publications and other developments at the MIT Joint Program
News and Outreach: Ronald Prinn
Recent Event
Lead authors of the MIT Joint Program's signature publication present the Outlook's projections of future energy, water, food, climate, and policy prospects
Commentary
The Hill
A commentary by Joint Program Director Ronald Prinn (The Hill)
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2021 Global Change Outlook shows how more aggressive policies can sharply reduce climate risk
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MIT News
As atmospheric concentrations of CFC-11 drop, the global ocean should become a source of the chemical by the middle of next century (Coverage: Scientific American)
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MIT News
Scientists observe reduction in emissions of banned ozone-depleting chemical after unexpected spike
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ILP-MIT Joint Program webinar explores climate-related physical and transition risks
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XLIII (43rd) MIT Global Change Forum highlights opportunities for science-based decision-making
Around Campus
MIT News
The atmospheric chemist shared the Nobel Prize for the discovery that chemicals known as CFCs deplete the ozone layer
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Auburn University
Nature paper co-authors include Joint Program Director Ronald Prinn and Collaborator Hanqin Tian (lead) (Coverage: The Guardian, The Conversation)
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Collaboration to advance science-based financial decision-making
Commentary
Joint Program research empowers decision-makers facing critical choices
Recent Publications
Journal Article
Morris, J., A. Sokolov, J. Reilly, A. Libardoni, C.S. Forest, S. Paltsev, C. A. Schlosser, R. Prinn and H. Jacoby (2025)
Nature Communications, 16(2703) (doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-57897-1)
Conference Abstract
Liu, Y., . . . , R. Prinn et al. (2024)
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 1701475
News + Media
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MIT Spectrum
MIT’s Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy brings together natural and social scientists for an integrated approach to climate challenges (MIT Spectrum)
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MIT School of Science
Professor Ronald Prinn reflects on how far sustainability has come as a discipline, and where it all began at MIT
In The News
The Guardian
Figure represents 64-66% of global output of tetrafluoromethane and hexafluoroethane, MIT study finds (The Guardian)