News and Outreach: Ronald Prinn
In a letter to The Wall Street Journal, Prof. Ron Prinn and John Reilly, co-directors of the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, explain why their research shows the importance of the Paris climate agreement. “Paris provides an unprecedented framework for global cooperation on this serious threat. In our view, U.S. withdrawal from it is a grave mistake.”
Climate data analyst Thomas Karl describes global temperature and precipitation measurement and interpretation in the 16th Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture

Ron Prinn discusses his work on the Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment with MIT's Industrial Liason Program.
Study led by Joint Program Research Affiliate Hanquin Tian; coauthors include JP Co-Director Ronald Prinn and Research Affiliates Jerry Melillo and Eri Saikawa
“This, for me, is such a big shock,” said Prinn. “To think that you could stop measurements or throw out the people, that doesn’t make any sense to me and to many, many other people around the world.”
Experts examine how MIT can be most effective in addressing climate-change issues
Recent Publications
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)
Liu, Y., . . . , R. Prinn et al. (2024)
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 1701475