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The MIT Climate Policy Center and its partners independently and collaboratively create policy briefs, working appears, and other useful products aimed at distilling complex scientific and academic information for a policy audience. These are all supported by existing research and revisited as new data emerge.
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MIT Climate Policy Center | January 2026
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This policy brief is informed by a 2024 research paper which finds that recent funding allocations under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) could be made more equitable.
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MIT Climate Policy Center | October 2025
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This policy brief is informed by a 2025 MIT CEEPR working paper on the role of data centers in potentially reducing power system costs, with climate benefits dependent on availability of renewables.
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MIT CEEPR | November 2025
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This policy brief is informed by a 2025 MIT CEEPR working paper on the existing, and unequal, costs of climate change for American households.
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UNFCCC Technology Mechanism | November 2025
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This brief on decarbonizing the buildings sector is from the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism with collaboration from the MIT Climate Policy Center, GlobalABC, and the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre.
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MIT CEEPR | August 2024
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This policy brief examines the value of interregional transmission to the U.S. grid under current policies and deep decarbonization scenarios.
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