Global Snapshot

PATHWAYS TO A LOW-CARBON CHINA

Study projects a key role for carbon capture and storage

Projecting Energy and Climate for the 21st Century

At CERAWeek, Joint Program Deputy Director Sergey Paltsev describes the energy transition needed to limit global warming to well below 2°C

GOING 'ZERO CARBON' IS ALL THE RAGE, BUT WILL IT SLOW CLIMATE CHANGE?

NPR station cites Joint Program study that found that pricing carbon and returning the revenue from it to the public would reduce greenhouse gas emissions (WBUR)

AS LAKE LEVELS RISE, SO DO MERCURY LEVELS IN WISCONSIN FISH

Climate change is already mobilizing mercury in the environment, says EAPS/IDSS Assoc. Prof. Noelle Selin (AP) 

COMMENTARY: WEAKENING THE STATE'S RENEWABLE ENERGY STANDARDS IS BAD FOR OHIOANS' HEALTH

Joint Program research shows economic benefits exceed policy costs (Akron Beacon Journal)

HOPES FOR CUTTING CARBON DO NOT YET MATCH REALITY

Even where the majority of the population favors climate action, carbon pricing is a tough sell, cautions MIT CEEPR Director Christopher Knittel (Scientific American)

MIT CLASS OF 2019 WITNESSES $500 MILLION CLIMATE PLEDGE

Michael Bloomberg announces new Beyond Carbon initiative in his Commencement address