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Elizabeth Sheehan, CEO of Climate Smart, receives the $10,000 grand prize from MIT professor and Climate CoLab founder Thomas Malone.

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October 4, 2016

MIT Climate CoLab awards innovative climate proposals, presents $10,000 prize

Climate CoLab uses a crowd-based approach to surface high-potential proposals for climate change projects.

MIT Professor Raffaele Ferrari has been selected to receive the 2016 Robert L. and Bettie P. Cody Award in Ocean Sciences.

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October 4, 2016

Raffaele Ferrari receives Cody Award in Ocean Sciences

EAPS professor honored for excellence in oceanography.

While climate change may boost crop yields in some “breadbasket” regions, extreme heat and drought linked to a changing climate are likely to increase the frequency of major crop failures. Water stress is expected to increase in most regions du...

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October 4, 2016

Even if the Paris Agreement is implemented, food and water supplies remain at risk

Report projects impacts of 2015 Paris climate agreement, identifies emissions paths/technology advances needed to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius.

The Low Emission Roadmap Roundtable featured (left to right) Valérie Quiniou-Ramus, co-chair of the OGCI Low Emission Roadmap work stream and vice president at Total; Vidar Helgesen, minister of climate and the environment of Norway; John Reilly...

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September 29, 2016

Engaging industry in addressing climate change

At Climate Week conference, MIT Joint Program lays out the 2 degree Celsius challenge for oil and gas producers.

Geoffrey Supran PhD ’16 says “there are a lot of myths floating around about hybrid and electric cars,” for example concerning the manufacture of those vehicles, or their reliance on conventional electricity sources. This often leads people t...

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September 27, 2016

Study: Low-emissions vehicles are less expensive overall

Detailed look at 125 U.S. auto models finds those emitting less carbon are the least expensive to drive.

A panel discussion about the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals and their impact on higher education featured, from left, Peter Blaze Corcoran of Florida Gulf Coast University; John Fernandez, director of MIT's Environmental Solutions Initiative...

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September 22, 2016

Education leaders gather to chart a future for sustainability at universities

International meeting examines progress on campuses, explores goals for coming years.

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September 20, 2016

3Q: Kerry Emanuel on a “Parexit” and the serious risks of climate change

In open letter, 375 National Academy of Sciences members warn against opting out of Paris Agreement.

ROBOAT, a new collaboration between researchers from MIT and partner institutions in the Netherlands, seeks to design and deploy a fleet of autonomous boats on the canals of Amsterdam.

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September 19, 2016

An autonomous fleet for Amsterdam

MIT, AMS Institute will collaborate to solve complex urban problems for Amsterdam with the development of autonomous "roboats."

“The way we measure street lighting is still very primitive,” says Sumeet Kumar PhD ’14. Kumar and his team came up with the idea of replacing manual inspections with a set of cameras and sensors mounted on top of a vehicle, in much the sam...

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September 16, 2016

Drive-by monitoring for urban streetlights

System developed at MIT could automate inspection for efficiency and maintenance issues.