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MIT News | Apr 27, 2016
MIT Outlines Progress on Its Five-Year Climate Action Plan
Progress report underscores strong collaboration across campus to address climate change

Vice President for Research Maria Zuber today released a report outlining progress in several key areas of MIT’s five-year Plan...
Commentary
MarketWatch | Apr 19, 2016
The Oil Industry's Troubles Aren't Bad Enough to Trigger Another Global Crisis
Cheap oil fuels other parts of the world economy

John Reilly | MarketWatch

The crash in the price of oil — from $108 a barrel in June 2014 to below $27 earlier this year — has rattled the stock market, triggered layoffs across the energy sector, and plunged many oil producing countries into crisis.

Oil has since rebounded...
In The News • China Energy & Climate Project
Poets and Quants | Apr 15, 2016
2016 Best 40 Under 40 Professors
Valerie Karplus, Sloan School of Management

Andrea Carter | Poets and Quants

Valerie Karplus

Assistant Professor, Global Economics and Management

MIT, Sloan School of Management

Forecasts suggest that rapidly developing nations such as China will be responsible...
Commentary • China Energy & Climate Project
The Conversation | Apr 12, 2016
Has China's Coal Use Peaked?
Here's how to read the tea leaves

The latest numbers show China is using more coal and energy than previously thought, but the last two years of data suggest China’s coal use may be peaking earlier than expected.
In The News • China Energy & Climate Project
Apr 04, 2016
Quantifying Mercury Contamination of Rice and Its Impact on Food Security in China
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MIT News | Mar 30, 2016
Water Problems in Asia's Future?
Study finds high risk of severe water stress in Asia by 2050
Commentary • China Energy & Climate Project
ChinaFAQs | Mar 22, 2016
China's Thirteenth Five-Year Plan Paves the Way for a CO2 Emissions Peak
World's top CO2 emitter on track to reach key climate goal by 2030

Valerie Karplus | ChinaFAQs

Based on recent economic developments and the newly-released Thirteenth Five-Year Plan, China is well on its way to reaching its climate goal of peak CO2 emissions by 2030.

The Plan charts the overarching course of China’s economic and social...
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MIT News | Mar 15, 2016
Transforming the US Transportation System by 2050 to Address Climate Challenges

MIT Energy Initiative report provides recommendations for reductions in light-duty vehicle energy use and greenhouse gas emissions
In The News
Auburn University | Mar 10, 2016
Nature Study Reveals Human-Induced Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Land Biosphere Contribute to Climate Change

Study led by Joint Program Research Affiliate Hanquin Tian; coauthors include JP Co-Director Ronald Prinn and Research Affiliates Jerry Melillo and Eri Saikawa
In The News
CLP New Horizons | Mar 09, 2016
Building a More Sustainable Future in a World Where Energy Production, Water Resources, Land Use and Environmental Concerns Intersect
Joint Program Co-Director John Reilly featured in CLP New Horizons

The following article appeared in CLP New Horizons, a compendium of news and perspectives on how to move the Asia-Pacific region toward a more sustainable energy future:

John Reilly | MIT Joint...

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