With an eye on climate, a helping hand for health care’s front lines

The Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment has teamed up with the nonprofit Americares to develop a toolkit for community-based health centers offering advice to clinicians, patients, and facility administrators on how to prepare for and handle climate-related emergencies.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Jan. 3, 2023 ~6 min

How Putin’s war and small islands are accelerating the global shift to clean energy, and what to watch for in 2023

Look for significant progress in 2023 in two key areas, writes a veteran of international climate policy.

Rachel Kyte, Dean of the Fletcher School, Tufts University • conversation
Dec. 26, 2022 ~9 min


1.5°C: where the target came from – and why we're losing sight of its importance

There is no safe limit to global warming – there is only what people deem to be acceptable damage.

Piers Forster, Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds • conversation
Dec. 14, 2022 ~8 min

Shipping must accelerate its decarbonisation efforts – and now it has the opportunity to do so

A lack of clarity over certain issues risks preventing the shipping industry’s energy transition from taking off.

Christiaan De Beukelaer, Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University • conversation
Dec. 6, 2022 ~8 min

Pharma's expensive gaming of the drug patent system is successfully countered by the Medicines Patent Pool, which increases global access and rewards innovation

The Medicines Patent Pool was created to promote public health, facilitating generic licensing for patented drugs that treat diseases predominantly affecting low- and middle-income countries.

Lucy Xiaolu Wang, Assistant Professor of Resource Economics, UMass Amherst • conversation
Dec. 5, 2022 ~11 min

A targeted approach to reducing the health impacts of crop residue burning in India

A new study shows how small-scale actions could improve air quality and health outcomes.

Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
Nov. 30, 2022 ~5 min

Teresa Gao named 2024 Mitchell Scholar

The MIT senior will pursue postgraduate studies in computer science in Ireland.

Julia Mongo | Office of Distinguished Fellowships • mit
Nov. 23, 2022 ~3 min

After COP27, all signs point to world blowing past the 1.5 degrees global warming limit – here's what we can still do about it

A leading climate scientist explains why going over 1.5 degrees Celsius puts the world in a danger zone.

Peter Schlosser, Vice President and Vice Provost of the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Arizona State University • conversation
Nov. 22, 2022 ~8 min


Machinery of the state

Associate Professor Mai Hassan documents bureaucratic systems in Eastern Africa set up for coercion, as well as roadblocks to democratic government.

Leda Zimmerman | Department of Political Science • mit
Nov. 21, 2022 ~9 min

COP27's ‘loss and damage’ fund for developing countries could be a breakthrough – or another empty climate promise

It’s a landmark agreement, acknowledging for the first time that wealthy countries bear some responsibility to help. But it leaves many unanswered questions.

Adil Najam, Professor of International Relations, Boston University • conversation
Nov. 21, 2022 ~8 min

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