Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
A new way to model urban air pollution
August 29, 2011
MIT researchers improve upon methods to model atmospheric aerosols.
Coal-to-liquid fuels poised for a comeback
June 9, 2011
With rising energy prices, could coal-to-liquid conversion become an economical fuel option?
The impact of climate policy on U.S. aviation
June 8, 2011
Researchers find that a federal climate policy would lower total U.S. emissions, but without large reductions in the aviation sector.
The price of fresh air
June 6, 2011
How costly are the health damages from air pollution in China?
Moving climate change regulation forward
April 25, 2011
U.S. chief climate negotiator, MIT panel examine the science and policy of global warming.
Also labeled: Climate change, Global, MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), Policy, Special events and guest speakers
Study: U.S. drought risk to increase with climate change
April 19, 2011
While impacts will vary by region, projections indicate that drought frequency will increase throughout most of the contiguous United States.
What's the price of environmental policies?
January 21, 2011
Joint Program report examines discrepancies in climate-change cost estimates
Food and Water
November 24, 2010
Researchers model the effects of competition for global water resources on agriculture.
Financial impacts of ‘cap and trade’
August 4, 2010
Analysis shows that, contrary to some claims, proposed legislation to limit carbon emissions would not disadvantage those with lower incomes.
Also labeled: Carbon dioxide, Economics, Energy, Environment, Policy, Technology and society, Greenhouse gases
Wind resistance
March 12, 2010
MIT analysis suggests generating electricity from large-scale wind farms could influence climate — and not necessarily in the desired way.
3 Questions: Henry Jacoby on Copenhagen
December 9, 2009
The co-director of MIT’s Global Change program discusses what to expect from the U.N. Climate Change Conference, and the effects of ‘Climategate’
Also labeled: 3 Questions, Environment, Faculty, Policy, Political science, Technology and society, Climate change, Copenhagen
3 Questions: Sergey Paltsev on the costs of climate-change legislation
November 4, 2009
MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change has pegged the annual cost of the proposed cap-and-trade legislation in Congress at $400 per U.S. household. But estimating the cost of doing nothing is far more difficult.
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