MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy
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@mit_cs3 improves understanding of sustainability challenges & helps decision-makers address global change, enhancing wellbeing for current & future generations
NPR spotlights study co-authored by MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Jessika Trancik that found “across most of the U.S., electric vehicles are cost-competitive with their gas counterparts" (and that in most places, #EVS also reduce #emissions by 40-60%). https://t.co/UshpNIhw5J
Science is Curiosity on a Mission: It includes all of us who ask "why" and make it our mission to find out. These are the discoveries that move the country forward. The pursuit of ideas that seemed impossible until they weren’t. #CuriosityOnAMission
Science is Curiosity on a Mission: It includes all of us who ask "why" and make it our mission to find out. These are the discoveries that move the country forward. The pursuit of ideas that seemed impossible until they weren’t. #CuriosityOnAMission
Congratulations to MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Catherine Wolfram, one of 6 MIT faculty elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2026! They were recognized for their outstanding contributions to research in the natural and social sciences. https://t.co/Jwxm1cKm7g
A new MIT CS3 study evaluates economic impacts of combining #climate and #biodiversity action. The study’s projections show that accelerating climate action can lower the cost of achieving biodiversity goals. #sustainability https://t.co/IASepqgtIA
Is your #weather app good enough for deciding whether and when to go outdoors? A recent study co-authored by several MIT CS3-affiliated researchers introduces a new method for evaluating the accuracy and reliability of today’s #airquality forecast tools. https://t.co/LWqmhBerS3
When it comes to #emissions, individual driving patterns matter as much as how “green” the regional #electricity mix is, finds study co-authored by MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Jessika Trancik
https://t.co/AI2AkLtoio
#Climate action requires different approaches in different places. On April 23-25 @ MIT, the Living Climate Futures Symposium explored how #climatechange challenges & responses to them are playing out in locations from New England to Mongolia. https://t.co/1dXYNNJ6y4
A working paper co-authored by MIT professors/CS3 faculty affiliates Christopher Knittel and Catherine Wolfram estimates the costs that #climate change imposes on U.S. households.
https://t.co/J0hcOaFPf2
Congratulations to Catherine Wolfram, one of 120 new members elected by the National Academy of Sciences for 2026! The CS3-affiliated professor of energy and applied economics is one of five MIT faculty members to receive this honor.
https://t.co/BycC9EIaMq
Congratulations to Afreen Siddiqui, one of four MIT affiliates awarded 2026 Guggenheim Fellowships! The CS3-affiliated research scientist in MIT AeroAstro's Engineering Systems Laboratory was recognized for her work in geography and environmental studies. https://t.co/09WHxicZVO
In this Ask MIT Climate podcast, MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Jennifer Morris explains how economists estimate the costs of #climate change, and how tools of #economics can help us plan for a better, more prosperous future amid uncertainty. https://t.co/5mYhTuEyTL
In a Business Insight Journal commentary, MIT CS3 Director Noelle Selin explores why a systems view combining science, policy and technology is essential for #sustainability leaders navigating #climate change and making informed strategic decisions. https://t.co/kQXU9nCIt1
An #EarthDay reminder about a spectacular #environmental win: MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon joins Scientific American podcast to discuss her experience researching the cause and solution for the Antarctic #ozone hole in the 1980s. https://t.co/ls8nnim23v
Boston College Climate Reveal podcast: How the #climate crisis has impacted #oceans locally and globally, the biggest challenges ahead, and potential solutions. Includes comments from Raffaele Ferrari, MIT Prof. of Oceanography/CS3 faculty affiliate. https://t.co/iU5cMNr47S
#Renewables generated more than 1/3 of America's #electricity in March, overtaking gas for the first time. MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Catherine Wolfram views this development as a result of long-term investment. https://t.co/ujNdgMDMsL
Scientists say an exception in the #MontrealProtocol for the use of ozone-depleting feedstocks could set the #ozone recovery back seven years, in new study co-authored by MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon and CS3 Research Scientist Luke Western https://t.co/b2OkQRSvuW
Climate change is already costing U.S. households between $400 and $900 a year, on average, and more than $1,300 in 10% of US counties, finds study co-authored by MIT Sloan professors/CS3 faculty affiliates Christopher Knittel and Catherine Wolfram. https://t.co/ZVpQ3uI5iA