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United Nations
Study shows how a carbon tax can both accelerate reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and not hurt low-income households (United Nations)
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A new UN video on climate change explains how carbon pricing can help advance a transition to a low-carbon future.
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MIT Energy Initiative
New MITEI consortium focuses on speeding the energy transition, engaging with industrial leaders to deploy clean energy advances at scale
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Environmental Solutions Initiative
Inaugural MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative Journalism Fellows reflect on their experiences telling local climate stories (ESI)
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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 Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Insights, news, projects, publications and other developments at the MIT Joint Program
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Analysis led by MIT Joint Program Deputy Director C. Adam Schlosser identifies the scope and severity of storm and flood risks to key U.S. petrochemical industry facilities in Texas and Louisiana (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)
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MIT Office of the Vice President for Research
A delegation from MIT traveled to Glasgow for COP26, where international negotiators sought to keep global climate goals on track (MIT Office of the Vice President for Research)
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MIT News
Online events highlight progress with new climate planning bodies, campus improvements, and involvement of all parts of the MIT community
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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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Talk explores using energy-economic models for climate-related financial impact analysis
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MIT Joint Program researchers to present recent findings on global and regional change