News Releases
A new book co-authored by MIT Joint Program Founding Co-Director Emeritus Henry Jacoby
Deputy Director Sergey Paltsev speaks on feasibility of 1.5°C target
The first public release of our Annual Report highlights 2022 progress, 2023 plans
Amundi has selected three research initiatives in 2023: EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute, OS-Climate by Linux Foundation, and the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change (Source: Amundi)
New modeling tool enables rapid design of effective and equitable policy combinations
Insights, news, projects, publications and other developments at the MIT Joint Program
Health benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels could quadruple if the most polluting power plants are selected for dialing down, new study finds (MIT News) (Coverage: US News & World Report, HealthDay, The HIll, The Verge, Technology Review)
Delegates from MIT attended COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where international climate negotiations went down to the wire (MIT Office of the Vice President for Research)
Reducing methane emissions is the fastest way to lower global temperatures in the near term
Study shows how small-scale actions could improve air quality and health outcomes
New tool pinpoints policy combinations that maximize health benefits
Yes: although electric cars' batteries make them more carbon-intensive to manufacture than gas cars, they more than make up for it by driving much cleaner under nearly any conditions. (MIT Climate Portal) (Additional Coverage: Travel Tomorrow)