Climate Action at MIT Sloan
Let's build a smarter future, together.
Featured Article
AI-enhanced visuals propel sustainable policies
Why It Matters
Skeptics are more likely to approve of sustainable infrastructure when shown AI-enhanced images of how green cityscapes might look, research finds.
Continue readingFeatured News about Climate & Sustainability
The climate continues to change, and it’s changed pretty dramatically in the last 15 years. I don’t think we should draw too many conclusions about what’s possible.
Climate Action for Managers
How can you help? Data-backed ideas from MIT experts.
Video Shorts: Climate, explained.
Hope isn’t naïve optimism—the belief that some technological breakthrough will save us. It's the belief that what we do matters. That by working together, we can create a better world.
Climate Centers & Intiatives
Climate Research from MIT Sloan
Pioneering Climate Change Solutions
By
From a new climate policy center to slow fashion and circular plastic, MIT Sloan is at the cutting edge of innovation.
Banks’ climate pledges don’t add up to change, research finds
By
Voluntary climate commitments by financial institutions aren’t having a positive impact, research finds. But banks do have time to reverse course and make progress.
Innovation in Infrastructure and Real Estate
By
MIT Sloan alumni discussed the challenges and opportunities that result from exploding energy demand in real estate at MIT Sloan Reunion 2024.
Highlights from MIT Sloan Reunion 2024
By
Thousands of graduating students, alumni, and their families came to campus at the end of May for the 2024 commencement ceremonies and Reunion celebrations. Among the returning graduates were 1,404 Sloanies and their guests who attended MIT Sloan Reunion 2024.
Our People, Our Impact
Our students and alumni bring climate solutions from the classroom into the world.
_
![Manuela Zoninsein](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_detail_headshot/public/2023-06/Manueloa.jpeg?h=0487ee65&itok=y4N8i1ZW)
Manuela Zoninsein
EMBA '20, Sustainability Certificate
Founder +CEO, Kadeya
Continue reading![Rubén Lozano Aguilera](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_detail_headshot/public/2023-11/Screenshot%202023-11-06%20at%2010.02.26%20AM.png?h=706f1648&itok=opoVvKJD)
Rubén Lozano Aguilera
MBA '13
Senior Product Manager, Google Maps
Continue reading![Weixiang Wang](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_detail_headshot/public/2022-11/Weixiang%20_0.jpeg?h=030c799c&itok=mEj3hZdm)
Weixiang Wang
Sloan Fellows MBA '18
Chief Sustainability Officer Ministry of Sustainability & Environment, Singapore
Continue reading![A headshot photo of Trace smiling in front of a grey background in a blue suit](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_mobile/public/2024-04/Trace_Allen_Headshot_0.jpeg?h=1e2cb069&itok=4k9QGchp)
Trace Allen
-
Degree Program:MBA/MCP '24
-
Pronouns:he/him
-
At a glance:Trace is pursuing a dual degree MBA/Master of City Planning at MIT to focus on the nexus of economic development, entrepreneurship, and environmental justice.
![Photo of Alexa Katz, a caucasian woman with medium length brown hair smiling](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_mobile/public/2024-04/Spring%202024%20Alexa%20Katz%20Headshot.jpg?h=7ef6aaf6&itok=saSQ548n)
Alexa Katz
-
Degree Program:MBA '24
![Amar Dayal](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_mobile/public/2023-12/Amar%20Dayal%20headshot.jpeg?h=a7e6d17b&itok=VcgcpvbD)
Amar Dayal
-
Degree Program:MBA '24
![Andres](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_mobile/public/2023-03/R_aeE2F7SefPBw5fr_ABL%20-%20foto%20perfil_0.jpg?h=482b080f&itok=fYXfudEz)
Andrés Bisonó León
-
Degree Program:MBA '23 | Legatum Fellow | PKG IAP Fellow
![Kaya Thomas](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_mobile/public/2023-03/R_3gMFvS9VgAlLWI5_Kaya_Thomas5129.jpg?h=37e914ef&itok=cNLxvNBu)
Kaya Thomas
-
Program and Year:LGO '23
![Zhenny Gong](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_mobile/public/2022-11/R_T1SgVaUvIqjo62Z_New%20Headshot%20-%20Zhenny%20Gong.jpg?h=51a848fb&itok=_JyDFJmp)
Zhenny Gong
-
Program and Year:MBA '23
MIT Sloan Students in Action: Spotlight on the Sustainability Summit
-
Meet Varun Gupta MBA ’25 and Victoria Eugenia Tostado Bringas SFMBA ’24 Varun Gupta, MBA ’25, and Victoria Eugenia Tostado Bringas, SFMBA ’24, co-directed sponsorships for the 2024 MIT Sustainability Summit, an annual student-run event that has grown to include hundreds of attendees ranging from professionals, academics, and students.
In the News
-
The Hill
Professor Catherine Wolfram and co-author write: "The entrenched view that the United States will never support a carbon price is misguided. 2025 will be a big year for Congress to tackle longstanding fiscal issues and further climate policy efforts. Before this can happen, politicians need to hear timely arguments backed by up-to-date evidence."
-
Financial Times
In new research, professor Roberto Rigobon, research scientist Florian Berg, and co-author used data from analytics firm Clarity AI to assess the carbon emissions of companies that did and didn't have SBTi-approved targets in place. The results were striking. Companies that set SBTi targets, but didn't obtain assurance on their climate reports, performed no better on emissions reduction than non-SBTi signatories.
-
Fast Company
"The impact on jobs of the energy transition is not just going to be where oil and natural gas are drilled, it's going to be all the way up and down the value chain of things we make in the U.S.," said professor Christopher Knittel, coauthor of a research paper on the analysis published today.
-
The Hill
Professor Christopher Knittel and co-author write: "Our research paper, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, provides new economy-wide data on where employment in the United States is most vulnerable to the economic pressures of the energy transition. We find that the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act fails to effectively support many parts of the country where employment is at risk."
-
CNN
"The target here is to produce electricity cheaper than coal and gas plants," senior lecturer John Parsons said. These fossil fuel plants are "terribly simple and cheap to run — they're just dirty," he added.
-
The Boston Globe
John Sterman, a professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management with a focus in sustainability, achieved the holy grail of net zero eight years ago. His 1920s Lexington home was due for an update, but instead of just "upgrading and renovating," Sterman decided the "incremental cost of going deeper and doing a retrofit" was the right move.
The Climate Project at MIT
The goal of the Climate Project at MIT is for MIT to become, within the next decade, one of the world’s most prolific and collaborative sources of technological, behavioral, and policy solutions for the global climate challenge. We'll know we have succeed only if, in 10 years, we have changed the expected trajectory of global climate outcomes for the better.