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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)
A conversation about the impact of climate change on human health with MIT CS3 Director/Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry Noelle Selin and Boston College Professor of Biology/Director of the Global Observatory on Planetary Health Philip Landrigan, a pediatrician/public health physician. Each episode of Climate Reveal takes a deep dive into a specific aspect of the climate crisis and ongoing work toward solutions. (Boston College Creative Communication Lab)
A new, interactive, Temperature-Change-by-Location map co-developed by Climate Interactive and MIT's Bringing Computation to the Climate Challenge (BC3) displays projected temperature changes in local areas across the century under different scenarios. The MIT BC3 team includes several MIT CS3-affiliated researchers. (Climate Interactive)
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 conversation with Frances Moore Lappé, co-founder of the Small Planet Institute and author of Diet for a Small Planet, and MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Angelo Gurgel about how what we eat impacts the climate at multiple levels. Each episode of Climate Reveal takes a deep dive into a specific aspect of the climate crisis and ongoing work toward solutions. (Boston College Creative Communication Lab)
WBZ Chief Meteorologist Eric Fisher and MIT CS3 Deputy Director C. Adam Schlosser discuss how we know the climate is changing, why it's so difficult to talk about in this current moment, and how to stay positive and optimistic when dealing with such a big problem. Each episode of Climate Reveal takes a deep dive into a specific aspect of the climate crisis and ongoing work toward solutions. (Boston College Creative Communication Lab)
MIT CS3 Deputy Director Sergey Paltsev shares his expertise in a conversation about the energy needs of the world and the best big-picture approach to meet those needs moving forward. Each episode of Climate Reveal takes a deep dive into a specific aspect of the climate crisis and ongoing work toward solutions. (Boston College Creative Communication Lab)
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)