IN THIS ISSUE: Future of forests under climate change / More extreme storms ahead for California / Charting a better future for Africa / Monitoring mercury
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.”
A forthcoming book by MIT Joint Program sponsor representative David Hone, Putting the Genie Back: Solving the Climate and Energy Dilemma, draws on MIT Joint Program research on climate probability and uncertainty.
1. Is it appropriate for investors to hedge against market exposure by placing capital into technologies that result in cleaner burning fossil generation?
2. Will private and public investors accept the risk and continue on a path of cheap fossil fuels, or increase holdings toward the 20-30 percent non-carbon source allocation?
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)
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)
New modeling framework projects how pressures on the global food system could impact cropland, pastureland and forests
Modeling improvements needed to provide more reliable guidance to decision-makers, finds MIT CS3-led study
