Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry calls the initiative “classic MIT.” The MIT Joint Program is contributing to three of its five flagship projects. (MIT News) (Coverage: Bloomberg, Boston Globe, WBUR, NBC-Boston)
To put global climate modeling at the fingertips of local decision-makers, some scientists think it’s time to rethink the system from scratch. Five Joint Program-affiliated researchers will help advance an MIT Climate Grand Challenges flagship project to do just that. (MIT School of Science)
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)
Key takeaways from the XLIV (44th) MIT Global Change Forum
Online events highlight progress with new climate planning bodies, campus improvements, and involvement of all parts of the MIT community
New work within the Joint Program to establish a state-of-the-art integrated model of climate and health aimed at identifying targets that deliver climate and health co-benefits
MIT Joint Program researchers to present recent findings on global and regional change
The researchers hope scientists and regulators will consider a broader class of compounds in evaluating cancer risk due to PAH exposure.
Professors Noelle Selin and Anne White will co-chair the Climate Nucleus, charged with managing and implementing MIT’s new plan
Study shows need to identify domestic and international pollution sources in policy design
2021 Global Change Outlook shows how more aggressive policies can sharply reduce climate risk
