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)
MIT CS3 Research Scientist Kenneth Strzepek and colleagues present findings on food trade, import vulnerability, and security at IFPRI policy seminar in Washington, D.C./online
A new study by MIT Assistant Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Haruko Wainwright and co-authors analyzes different nuclear waste management strategies, with a focus on the radionuclide iodine-129 (MIT News)
Findings from the latest project phase highlight strategies for a just and competitive transition in steel, critical minerals and the electric grid. MIT Professor/CS3-affiliate Elsa Olivetti is a project faculty member. (MIT CEEPR)
MIT CS3 presentations highlight multiple sustainability challenges and solutions
MIT CS3 Deputy Director Sergey Paltsev's contributed to the publication, which includes a chapter based on the MIT Energy Initiative's report "The role of fusion energy in a decarbonized electricity system" (Related: MIT Energy Initiative)
MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Catherine Wolfram observes that the Brazilian proposal represents a practical advance in the creation of a global carbon pricing structure (Times Brazil) (Related: MIT Sloan School of Management)
