The Climate Project at MIT
Richard Lester describes an emerging new initiative that will back climate efforts at the Institute and find outside partnerships to drive actionable innovation.
Richard Lester describes an emerging new initiative that will back climate efforts at the Institute and find outside partnerships to drive actionable innovation.
MIT delegates share observations and insights from the largest-ever UN climate conference.
A county-by-county study shows where the U.S. job market will evolve most during the move to clean energy.
“Our study on automation with AI systems shows that many tasks wouldn’t be economically attractive to automate for years or even decades."
"The impact on jobs of the energy transition is ... going to be all the way up and down the value chain of things we make in the U.S."
One of the underlying issues with executive support is a common lack of Asian representation in leadership positions.
"Historical processes really shape economic relations, and we cannot understand the economy today without understanding where we’re coming from."
"As the economy recovered, the U.S. just poured more kerosene onto the fire."
"The target here is to produce electricity cheaper than coal and gas plants."
Instead of just "upgrading and renovating," John Sterman decided the "incremental cost of going deeper and doing a retrofit" was the right move.