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Earth.org
Report cites MIT Joint Program study projecting significant water-supply risks by 2050 (Earth.org)
News and Outreach: Kenneth Strzepek
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Workshop explores sustainable, equitable pathways to transform agriculture, forestry and other land uses into net carbon sinks
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Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab
The Jameel Index for Food Trade and Vulnerability — a project supported by Community Jameel — will study the implications of climate change on food security as they relate to trade (J-WAFS)
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MIT School of Science
To better inform local policy in the face of changing weather extremes, MIT researchers--including seven affiliated with the Joint Program--seek to advance the modeling of long-term weather risks (MIT School of Science)
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MIT News
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)
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MIT News
MIT Joint Program research scientists are co-investigators on one-third of the selected projects, with a focus on decarbonizing complex industries and preparing for climate extremes. (MIT News)
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On January 12, 2022, MIT Joint Program Research Scientist Kenneth Strzepek presented a talk entitled "The role of Nile water resources in the economic development of Egypt and Ethiopia, and the potential impacts of the GERD filling policies." The talk was part of "The Nile River Basin in Crisis:
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MIT News
Scientists project increased risk to water supplies in South Africa this century due to rising temperatures and declining rainfall
Study underscores need for aggressive climate mitigation and adaptation policies to prevent future ‘Day Zero’ droughts in dry, populated regions around the world
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MIT Joint Program researchers to present recent findings on global and regional change
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MIT Office of Sustainability
With the MIT campus as a test bed, a citizen science effort provides lessons well beyond MIT (MIT Office of Sustainability)
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The economics of adaptation for rail, roads and coastal development
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2021 Global Change Outlook shows how more aggressive policies can sharply reduce climate risk