What are the barriers to the deployment of technologies that make buildings more energy efficient, and how can adoption be accelerated?
Recent electricity price increases are often attributed to renewable energy policies. The evidence suggests a different driver: rate design.
The surge in electricity use from data centers is outpacing most other forms of demand growth, creating new challenges for grid management and climate targets
If policymakers wish to ensure grid benefits, cost reductions, and emissions reductions, policies for data center temporal flexibility should be coupled with strong renewable energy policies
This brief examines how energy poverty is shifting as cooling needs rise. It finds that LIHEAP’s outdated allocation favors cold-weather states, while more assistance is needed in warmer regions.
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.
This policy brief is informed by a 2024 research paper which finds that strategically planted salt marshes can provide protection from floods & have $2-$10 returns in benefits for every dollar spent.
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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