MIT Joint Program Deputy Director C. Adam Schlosser served on report's Climate Science Review Panel; Research Scientist Kenneth Strzepek served on its Climate Assessment Consultant Team (Boston Globe)
Insights, news, projects, publications and other developments at the MIT Joint Program
Health benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels could quadruple if the most polluting power plants are selected for dialing down, new study finds (MIT News) (Coverage: US News & World Report, HealthDay, The HIll, The Verge, Technology Review)
Inaugural WORLDING workshops matched world-class climate story teams with relevant labs and researchers across MIT (Open Documentary Lab)
Delegates from MIT attended COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where international climate negotiations went down to the wire (MIT Office of the Vice President for Research)
Reducing methane emissions is the fastest way to lower global temperatures in the near term
Study shows how small-scale actions could improve air quality and health outcomes
New tool pinpoints policy combinations that maximize health benefits
Climate modeling shows that this summer’s devastating European heat wave may indeed be a harbinger of the future for that region (MIT News)
MIT Joint Program presentations showcase tools and pathways to assess and alleviate regional and global risk
Tripping the Earth's climate feedback loops could bring us rapid warming that would be hugely damaging in the near term. But over the longer term, our planet can regulate even truly gigantic changes to the atmosphere. (MIT Climate Portal)
