written by Shamil Ibragimov, discusses how Kyrgyzstan, facing significant challenges from climate change, can leverage decentralized power generation—particularly solar energy—to secure its energy future. It highlights the country's vulnerability due to its reliance on hydropower, which is threatene...

Perrin Quarshie, MBA ’16, hoped to learn what pitfalls to avoid and how to make a sustainable career during the 2008 recession. What he found, though, would go far beyond his short-term future.

As new technologies like generative AI continue to advance, Elizabeth Petheo, EMBA ’14, believes we should remain focused on the human-technology interface.

Rajiv Shah, president of The Rockefeller Foundation and former administrator of USAID, believes in leveraging the passion of individuals to affect large-scale change in society.

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.

This thought-provoking blog post by Shamil Ibragimov explores the intricate relationship between freedom, innovation, and economic growth. Using MIT Professor Loren Graham’s vivid metaphor, it examines why true innovation flourishes only in environments that foster openness and freedom. The post del...

Building Better, More Transparent Supply Chain. Because of significant global supply chain delays over the past few years, consumers have a greater awareness of how goods reach them and the impact on the climate.

Responsibly Financing Africa’s Missing Middle Africa’s SMEs are crucial drivers of economic growth, job creation, and poverty reduction, especially in underserved rural areas. Yet, a $331 billion financing gap leaves them in the “missing middle”—too large for microfinance but too small for traditio...

Can Food Become Renewable Biofuel?

On the final evening of MIT Sloan Reunion 2022, John C Head III Dean David Schmittlein delivered the “State of the School” address in person for the first time in three years.