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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 CEEPR | December 2025
Renewables and Electricity Affordability
This research brief sheds light on the misdiagnosis that renewable energy is driving up electricity bills. Utility-scale wind/solar are linked to lower prices but rate design affects rooftop solar.
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MIT Climate Policy Center | January 2026
Energy Poverty is Shifting in America: Changing LIHEAP Can Help
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 CEEPR | November 2025
Who Bears the Burden of Climate Inaction?
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
Deploying Established Climate Technologies and Solutions for Buildings and Infrastructure
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 Climate Policy Center | October 2025
Data Centers and the Grid: Temporal Flexibility Can Lower Costs, But May Increase Emissions
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 | August 2024
Bridging the Gaps: The Impact of Interregional Transmission on Emissions and Reliability
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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