News & Media: Actionable Research

Commentary co-authored by MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Christopher Knittel argues for a mileage-based approach (WBUR)

A new MIT Sloan School of Management initiative co-led by Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Christopher Knittel, aims to design the financial architecture needed to bring breakthrough climate innovations from technical promise to commercial scale (MIT Sloan School of Management)

Initial research projects to advance national priorities across natural resources, manufacturing, nuclear physics, and more. CS3 faculty affiliate Haruko Wainwright is the MIT lead on projects that leverage AI to improve energy-water security and radioactive waste storage. (MIT News)

MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Michael Howland and MIT co-authors of new Nature Energy study find that where new wind and solar energy projects are built could be key to avoiding blackouts in a future with hotter weather and other challenges (MIT News) (Coverage: OIlprice.com, Times of India)

A new study co-authored by MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Christopher Knittel suggests flexibility in the timing of electricity consumption could lower consumer costs (MIT News)

CS3-affiliated work on carbon dioxide removal and climate change uncertainty among recent titles from Institute faculty and staff (MIT News)

MIT experts--including several affiliated with CS3--will examine options for climate-friendly fuels for aviation, international shipping, long-haul trucking, and freight rail (MIT Energy Initiative)

According to MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate John Sterman, reducing physical and financial climate risk requires both adaptation and mitigation. (Forbes)

MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Catherine Wolfram one of six MIT faculty members recognized for outstanding contributions to research in the natural and social sciences (MIT News)

When it comes to emissions, individual driving patterns matter as much as how “green” the regional electricity mix is, finds study co-authored by MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Jessika Trancik (MIT News) (Coverage: NPR)