Past Events
March 31, 2010
Speaker: Prof. Daniel Esty, Yale University. Abstract: Prospects for a global agreement on climate change to supplant the Kyoto Protocol are now badly bogged down. The success of the international negotiations is deeply intertwined with the U.S. domestic political conversation around climate change. Unfortunately, the current legislative efforts seem unlikely to win the necessary majorities in the House and Senate. It is now time to think about alternative strategies.
March 30, 2010
Professor Thomas Malone and Robert Laubacher of MIT's Center for Collective Intelligence lead a hands-on, interactive session at the MIT Museum, exploring how the collective intelligence of thousands of people (including you) can be harnessed to address global climate change.
March 30, 2010
Prof. Chris Knittel, University of California, Davis, will discuss his recent working paper in the Energy & Environmental Economics @ MIT Seminar Series. Abstract: New car ?eet fuel economy, weight and engine power have changed drastically since 1980. These changes represent both movements along and shifts in the "fuel economy/weight/engine power production possibilities frontier".
March 23, 2010 - March 25, 2010
SESSIONS: Evolving Views of the Threat; Regional Climate Risks and Adaptation Aid; Developments in Land Use; Technological Prospects: Electric Generation; Technological Prospects: Energy Use; Emerging National and International Policy Architecture
March 19, 2010
Dr. Aleck Wang, Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, will present a lecture in the MIT Chemical Oceanography & Biogeochemistry Seminar Series.
March 15, 2010
Speaker: Norbert Lechner, Architect and Professor Emeritus, Auburn University, Alabama. Abstract: Global warming is the greatest challenge humankind has ever faced in recorded history. Fossil energy must be replaced as quickly as possible by both clean renewable energy and energy efficiency. Since buildings are the main users of energy (about 48%), they must become much more efficient. Most of the energy used by buildings is for heating, cooling, and lighting all of which are very much impacted by the sun. Thus, a sustainable building must be a solar responsive building.