Study: U.S. drought risk to increase with climate change
While impacts will vary by region, projections indicate that drought frequency will increase throughout most of the contiguous United States.
Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
What's the price of environmental policies?
Joint Program report examines discrepancies in climate-change cost estimates
Food and Water
Researchers model the effects of competition for global water resources on agriculture.
Financial impacts of ‘cap and trade’
Analysis shows that, contrary to some claims, proposed legislation to limit carbon emissions would not disadvantage those with lower incomes.
Wind resistance
MIT analysis suggests generating electricity from large-scale wind farms could influence climate — and not necessarily in the desired way.
3 Questions: Henry Jacoby on Copenhagen
The co-director of MIT’s Global Change program discusses what to expect from the U.N. Climate Change Conference, and the effects of ‘Climategate’
3 Questions: Sergey Paltsev on the costs of climate-change legislation
MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change has pegged the annual cost of the proposed cap-and-trade legislation in Congress at $400 per U.S. household. But estimating the cost of doing nothing is far more difficult.