A cross-section of the MIT community convened discussions on topics ranging from data centers and super pollutants to agriculture and education. CS3-affiliated presenters included Professor Jesse Kroll and postdoc Dominic White. (Office of the Vice President for Energy and Climate)
Jameel Index for Food Trade and Vulnerability and J-WAFS/CS3-affiliated Research Scientist Kenneth Strzepek featured in October issue of Miller Magazine (Miller Magazine)
Findings indicate where adaptive measures are needed most
A new review co-authored by MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon shows that more than three decades of climate “fingerprint” research has provided overwhelming evidence that greenhouse gas emissions are driving changes throughout Earth’s climate system (AGU / University of East Anglia)
MIT CS3 presentations and sessions explore multiple sustainability challenges and solutions
At New York Climate Week panel, MIT J-WAFS and CS3-affiliated Research Scientist Ken Strzepek introduced the Jameel Index for Food Trade and Vulnerability (MIT J-WAFS)
A paper co-authored by MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Christopher Knittel argued that the administration's calculations contained major inconsistencies, such as in its assumptions about how consumers value the benefits of saving fuel. "If you do the analysis right, we found that revoking these standards does not save consumers money," said Knittel. (New York Times)
Residential solar, by contrast, raises costs for non-solar customers, a situation that can be addressed through changes in rate design, finds MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Christopher Knittel and study co-author (Commonwealth Beacon)
Brazil will chair a new body in an ambitious effort to align the world’s fragmented carbon markets – a development that MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Catherine Wolfram calls a 'huge step' (Eco-Business)
MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Christopher Knittel highlights how climate change is being drowned out of the national cost-of-living debate, even as U.S. households already pay an estimated $400 to $900 a year in climate-related costs (Politico)
MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Haruko Wainwright believes the risks posed by radioactive wastes cannot be properly assessed without also considering the hazards of chemical wastes (MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering)
MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate John Sterman discusses AI’s potential and risks, and the role of public policy in steering the technology toward societal benefits, including climate solutions (Boston Globe)
