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The Climate Project at MIT

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Welcome to the Climate Project at MIT!

The Climate Project at MIT is a new, whole-of-MIT initiative to respond to the multiple challenges of global climate change. Through this project MIT seeks to become, within a decade, one of the world’s most prolific and collaborative sources of technological, behavioral, and policy solutions - solutions that will change the expected trajectory of global climate outcomes for the better. 

Missions

The Climate Missions are MIT-wide problem-solving communities. Each mission addresses a broad domain where solutions are required for effective climate response and where a critical mass of excellent research capabilities exists at MIT.

Climate HQ

Climate HQ is an administrative, operational, and coordinating arm for the Climate Project, and provides shared services to the Climate Missions to help them achieve practical impact at scale.

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Left to right: MITEC's co-presidents Thomas Lee, Laurențiu Anton, and Rosie Keller

MIT Energy and Climate Club mobilizes future leaders to address global climate issues

One of the largest MIT clubs sees itself as “the umbrella of all things related to energy and climate on campus.”
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This map estimates the average energy burden for U.S. households between 2015 and 2020. Households experiencing an energy burden in costs greater than 6 percent of income are classified as energy-poor. Darker shades indicate higher energy burdens, and grey areas indicate census tracts where the estimates are unavailable.

The changing geography of “energy poverty”

Study of the U.S. shows homes in the South and Southwest could use more aid for energy costs, due to a growing need for air conditioning in a warming climate.
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“Our work shows that it is very important to learn from actual, on-the-ground data to try and improve our models and these emissions estimates,” says Ari Feinberg.

Study finds mercury pollution from human activities is declining

Models show that an unexpected reduction in human-driven emissions led to a 10 percent decline in atmospheric mercury concentrations.
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