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The Hill | May 30, 2021
A commentary by Joint Program Director Ronald Prinn (The Hill)
The physical risks of climate change are not just looming in the future but have already become very evident today. Projections of rising global temperatures in a just-released World Meteorological Organization report, along with observations from recent years, underscore that the climate system...
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May 24, 2021
2021 Global Change Outlook shows how more aggressive policies can sharply reduce climate risk
Read the 2021 Outlook | Read Key Findings | Download Data Tables
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AgWired | May 21, 2021
Report co-author/ Joint Program Co-Director Emeritus John Reilly explained how agriculture has the greatest stake in climate change, but also the greatest ability to reduce emissions in a variety of ways (AgWired)
A new report commissioned by Farm Journal Foundation finds U.S. farmers have the potential to significantly reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and become part of the global solution to climate change.
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Farm Journal Foundation | May 20, 2021
New report shows how U.S. agriculture can fight climate change
New Report Shows How U.S. Agriculture Can Fight Climate Change
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MIT School of Science | May 20, 2021
MIT professor describes her path to the Institute, her work on ozone depletion, and her insights on the state of climate policy
Susan Solomon, an atmospheric chemist whose work explaining the Antarctic ozone hole informed international policy, has received the 2020-2021 James R. Killian, Jr. Faculty Achievement Award. The highest such honor at the Institute, the award was established in 1971 to honor Killian, who served...
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MIT News | May 19, 2021
New results point to unexpected, illegal production of several CFCs in recent years
MIT scientists have found that ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, stay in the atmosphere for a shorter amount of time than previously estimated. Their study suggests that CFCs, which were globally phased out in 2010, should be circulating at much lower concentrations than what has...
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MIT News | May 12, 2021
The Institute commits to net-zero emissions by 2026, charts course marshaling all of MIT’s capabilities toward decarbonization
MIT unveils a new action plan to tackle the climate crisis
The Institute commits to net-zero emissions by 2026, charts course marshaling all of MIT’s capabilities toward decarbonization.
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office
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May 12, 2021
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MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences | May 11, 2021
At MIT’s Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture, Harvard professor Francesca Dominici illuminates the interplay between air pollution, environmental injustice and Covid-19
Alice McBride | EAPS News
Monday, May 10, 2021
At MIT’s Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture, Harvard professor Francesca Dominici illuminates the interplay between air pollution, environmental injustice, and Covid-19.
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MIT Spectrum | May 03, 2021
MIT partners with Cambridge on flood-risk model for local, global benefit (MIT Spectrum)
MIT’S LARGE-SCALE EFFORTS TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY and mitigate the effects of climate change are well known. But while thinking globally, MIT is also acting locally, working to make its own campus more resilient.
“We don’t presume to have all the answers here,” says Brian Goldberg,...
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MIT Spectrum | Apr 27, 2021
Janelle Knox-Hayes explores link between values, sustainable practices
JANELLE KNOX-HAYES ISN’T SURE carbon-emissions trading and financial markets are the best solutions to the climate crisis, even though she’s written a book about them. “We’re putting a price on greenhouse gases and pretending the market can solve our problems,” says Knox-Hayes, associate...