A new MIT Global Change Outlook finds current climate policies and economic indicators put the world on track for dangerous warming (Inside Climate News) (Additional coverage: Boston Globe)
MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Christopher Knittel cites data centers as one factor in driving up prices (Time)
Venezuela's oil and gas assets have a methane intensity of about 2,100 grams per gigajoule, while intensity from most other countries is below 100 g/GJ, according to MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Catherine Wolfram. Wolfram said most of these emissions could be reduced if the gas were properly captured or flared, but cautioned that Venezuela lacks the regulatory oversight and investment needed to implement relatively straightforward mitigation measures. (MarketWatch)
As the Institute’s first VP for energy and climate, Evelyn Wang ’00 is marshaling MIT’s expertise to meet the greatest challenge of our age. MIT CS3-affiliated faculty members concur with her assessment of the mission ahead. (MIT Technology Review)
Aiming to compete with Chinese suppliers, a New Hampshire startup recently began producing metal using new processing methods. MIT CS3 faculty affiliate Elsa Olivetti highlights some challenges. (New York Times)
The consortium convenes industry, academia and policy leaders to navigate competing demands and reimagine materials supply. Its faculty co-director is MIT Professor/CS3 affiliate Elsa Olivetti. (MIT Office of the Vice President for Energy and Climate)
Tools for forecasting and modeling technological improvements and the impacts of policy decisions can result in more effective and impactful decision-making, finds study by MIT Professor/CS3 affiliate Jessika Trancik and co-authors (Sociotechnical Systems Research Center)
New Global Change Outlook shows how accelerated action can reduce climate risks and improve sustainability outcomes, while highlighting potential geopolitical hurdles
Study by CS3 researchers and co-authors shows that cutting air travel and purchasing renewable energy can lead to different effects on overall air quality, even while achieving the same CO2 reduction (MIT News)
MIT CS3 faculty affiliate John Sterman discusses his AVID+ framework for evaluating carbon credits (Inside Climate News)
Inspired and informed by a Global Climate Policy Project (GCPP) at Harvard and MIT report spearheaded by MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Catherine Wolfram, leaders from 20 countries and the European Union eventually signed on to a new Open Coalition for Compliance Carbon Markets (MIT Climate Policy Center) (Coverage: E&E News)
