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Climate Policy Center Climate Change

MIT Climate Pathways Project Wins Paris Peace Forum Support

The MIT Climate Pathways Project has been selected by the Paris Peace Forum as one of 10 civil society projects that over the coming year will receive customized advisory support from the Forum’s Scale-up Program, an accelerator program that aims to help these projects increase their visibility and...

Nov 18, 2024
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Alumni Sustainability

Can eco-friendly routing reduce emissions?

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Rubén Lozano Aguilera, MBA ’13 identified pollution as a key challenge for the future of transportation in urban areas. With the introduction of eco-friendly routes on Google Maps, Lozano Aguilera and team have prevented an estimated 2.4MM+ metric tons of CO2 emissions—equivalent to removing 500K fu...

Apr 23, 2024
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Alumni Sustainability

Can we decarbonize yoga pants?

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Deepak Dugar, SM ’11, MBA ’13, PhD ’13, is leading a transformative effort in material production, by replacing petroleum not just as a fuel but as a material. He’s doing this through combining synthetic biology with chemical catalysis to reinvent the way the world makes things—and reducing gigatons...

Apr 13, 2024
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Action Learning Sustainability

Multi-solving for decarbonization and healthier living

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Climate tech company BlocPower specializes in residential building electrification, which improves human health and reduces healthcare costs. But no funding exists to link electrification to preventative healthcare efforts. A team of S-Lab students stepped in to help BlocPower make the link.

Mar 1, 2024
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Alumni Sustainability

Can solar energy be more accessible?

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In the U.S., eighty percent of people are locked out of the solar market because they can’t put solar on their rooftop. Solstice, co-founded by Sandhya Murali, MBA ’15, and Stephanie Speirs, MBA ’17, is changing the system with an inclusive model of community solar.

Apr 26, 2024
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