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MIT Climate´s blog series on energy access notes that an alarming number of households in Europe were unable to keep their homes adequately warm in winter.
#energy #poverty #climatechange

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Nobel Prize winner Esther Duflo, who co-founded MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, said poorer nations are at ‘dramatic’ risk if richer countries do not help them to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
#climate #inequality #climatechange

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MIT researchers have developed a passive cooling system that uses no electric power and can preserve food crops and supplement conventional air conditioners in buildings.

#cooling #climate #mitresearch
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MIT’s Janelle Knox-Hayes and Donald Sadoway co-authored a paper that calls for engaging local stakeholders in a “co-design” process as a way of encouraging community acceptance of wind power projects.
#renewable #energy #codesign

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Download the new guide for educators to teach students about “Electric Vehicles and Climate Change” developed by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative.
#miteducation #electricvehicles #mitclimate

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MIT graduate student Pablo Leon is developing a machine-learning tool for scientists to automate the evaluation of battery materials.
#mitresearch #batteries #mitscientists

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MIT professor Harry L. Tuller is working on methods that could significantly increase the lifetimes of fuel cells.
#mitresearch #fuelcells #mitclimate

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Boston Metal, an MIT startup, is working to transition the steel industry from coal-based fuel to sustainably produced electricity.
#mitstartup #climate #greensteel

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“I want to find ways to save the world with nuclear,” says Anne White, the head of MIT´s Nuclear Science and Engineering department. She has done path-breaking fusion research.
#mitclimate #nuclear #fusion

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MIT researchers used DNA to drive a highly efficient conversion process that turns CO2 into valuable products.
#mitresearch #mitclimate #sustainablematerials

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MIT researchers developed a new cost-effective battery that uses aluminum. Its materials cost is 85 percent lower than lithium batteries.
#batteries #mitresearch #greenenergy

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A carbon price should be equal to the “social cost of carbon.” For example, if one ton of CO2 emissions costs the public $100, it should cost $100 to emit that ton of CO2. Read MIT Climate´s explainer:
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#carbonpricing #costofcarbon #mitclimate

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Almost 25% of the energy produced worldwide is used to heat and cool homes and commercial buildings. Learn more in MIT Climate´s explainer.
#heating #cooling #hvac #mitclimate

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MIT researchers have created a cost model that can facilitate the transition from fossil fuels to hydrogen for trucking, shipping, and aviation.
#hydrogen #costmodeling #mitclimate

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Somerville startup Transaera is working to design air conditioners that use dramatically less energy. The company has raised an initial funding round of $4.5 million.
#airconditioning #climate #energy

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Food insecurity caused by climate change is one of the most urgent crises facing the planet; a new MIT project is tackling this challenge.
#foodinsecurity #climatechange #mitresearch

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A new Nature study led by MIT researchers estimates that the transition to low-carbon energy will lead to significant stranded asset costs for fossil energy producers and investors.
#energy #fossil #mitclimate

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MIT graduates see hydropower as a key technology in the transition to sustainable energy and founded a company to make hydro plants more sustainable.
#hydropower #energy #mitstartups

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MIT engineers found that by modeling the wind flow of an entire collection of wind turbines rather than only individual ones, performance can be improved drastically.
#energy #wind #mitenergy
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Join Wazoku´s crowdsourcing platform to participate in both future Climate CoLab challenges and InnoCentive challenges that address sustainability-related topics.
#climatesolutions #climatecolab

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