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SESAME

Evaluating the impacts of the global energy system

Tracking emissions in China

Good news, some concerns

Renewable energy and carbon pricing policies

State-level adoption saves money and lives

Protecting our energy infrastructure

New analysis targets cybersafety

State-level renewable energy policies

Strengthening critical public support

Reducing risk in power generation planning

Why including non-carbon options is key

Limiting global warming

More aggressive measures are needed

Investigating carbon emissions in China

Can new policies curtail their growth?

Subsidies for clean energy

Designing incentives for green technology adoption

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Decarbonization amid global crises

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Unpacking U.S. climate and infrastructure laws

MIT Energy Initiative Deputy Director Robert Stoner takes stock of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act and Inflation Reduction Act, and their potential impacts on the energy transition.

Why the $100 per ton target for carbon removal may be "pure fantasy"

Protocol · October 21, 2022

MITEI Senior Research Engineer Howard Herzog (MITEI) explains why the $100-per-ton price for carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is unrealistic, even though it is the current standard used by economists, policy makers, investors, and industry to make CDR feasible at scale.

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Moshe Ben-Akiva Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Alan Berger Professor

Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Adam Berinsky Professor

Department of Political Science

Jacopo Buongiorno Professor

Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

Richard de Neufville Professor

Institute for Data, Systems, and Society

Esther Duflo Professor

Department of Economics

Charles Fine Professor

Sloan School of Management

Amy Glasmeier Professor

Department of Urban Studies and Planning

David Hsu Associate Professor

Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Janelle Knox-Hayes Associate Professor

Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Richard Lester Associate Provost and Professor

Office of the Provost

Jing Li Assistant Professor

Sloan School of Management

Benjamin Olken Professor

Department of Economics

Sergey Paltsev Senior Research Scientist

MIT Energy Initiative

John Parsons Senior Lecturer

Sloan School of Management

Barry Posen Professor

Department of Political Science

Ronald Prinn Director and Professor

MIT Center for Global Change Science

Carlo Ratti Professor of the Practice

Department of Urban Studies and Planning

John Reilly Senior Lecturer

Sloan School of Management

Bryan Reimer Research Engineer

MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics

Roberto Rigobon Professor

Sloan School of Management

Harvey Sapolsky Professor Emeritus

Department of Political Science

Richard Schmalensee Professor

Sloan School of Management

Lawrence Susskind Professor

Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Bruno Verdini Lecturer

Department of Urban Studies and Planning

James Wescoat Professor Emeritus

Department of Architecture

Jinhua Zhao Associate Professor

Department of Urban Studies and Planning