CS3 In the Media
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)
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 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)
MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon joins Cleo Abram’s “HUGE* If True” to discuss her 1985 research uncovering how chlorofluorocarbons were depleting the ozone layer, which led to the Montreal Protocol that banned the use of those chemicals. (“HUGE* If True)
Steel, cement, aluminum, and fertilizer sit behind a fifth of global emissions, and a carbon price floor could raise $200 billion a year, finds Science study led by MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Catherine Wolfram (Earth.com)
Commentary co-authored by MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Christopher Knittel argues for a mileage-based approach (WBUR)
Climate scenarios, such as RCPs and SSPs, are tools used to explore different possible futures as the world economy evolves and the climate changes in response. MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Jennifer Morris explains how they can advance understanding of climate risk and inform decision-making. (MIT Climate Portal)
Inside the demise of a 15-year-old modeling scenario built off the worst possibilities scientists could imagine, with insights from MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Jennifer Morris (E&E News by Politico)
No—climate scientists are careful to remove the signal of urban warming from the global temperature record. Even in the raw, unadjusted data, urban heat islands explain a very small fraction of the global climate change we have observed. MIT CS3 Deputy Director C. Adam Schlosser explains. (MIT Climate Portal)
According to MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate John Sterman, reducing physical and financial climate risk requires both adaptation and mitigation. (Forbes)
MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Jennifer Morris explains how economists estimate the dollar costs of a warming planet, and how the tools of economics can help us plan for a better, more prosperous future, even in the face of uncertainty (MIT Climate Portal)