Join Wazoku´s crowdsourcing platform to participate in both future Climate CoLab challenges and InnoCentive challenges that address sustainability-related topics. #climatesolutions #climatecolab innocentive.com/pavilions/clim…

MIT engineers found that by modeling the wind flow of an entire collection of wind turbines rather than only individual ones, performance can be improved drastically. #energy #wind #mitenergy nature.com/articles/s4156…

MIT graduates see hydropower as a key technology in the transition to sustainable energy and founded a company to make hydro plants more sustainable. #hydropower #energy #mitstartups climate.mit.edu/posts/making-h…

A new Nature study led by MIT researchers estimates that the transition to low-carbon energy will lead to significant stranded asset costs for fossil energy producers and investors. #energy #fossil #mitclimate news.mit.edu/2022/stranded-…

Food insecurity caused by climate change is one of the most urgent crises facing the planet; a new MIT project is tackling this challenge. #foodinsecurity #climatechange #mitresearch news.mit.edu/2022/j-wafs-le…

Somerville startup Transaera is working to design air conditioners that use dramatically less energy. The company has raised an initial funding round of $4.5 million. #airconditioning #climate #energy bostonglobe.com/2022/08/14/bus…

MIT researchers have created a cost model that can facilitate the transition from fossil fuels to hydrogen for trucking, shipping, and aviation. #hydrogen #costmodeling #mitclimate climate.mit.edu/posts/sustaina…

Almost 25% of the energy produced worldwide is used to heat and cool homes and commercial buildings. Learn more in MIT Climate´s explainer. #heating #cooling #hvac #mitclimate climate.mit.edu/explainers/hea…

A carbon price should be equal to the “social cost of carbon.” For example, if one ton of CO2 emissions costs the public $100, it should cost $100 to emit that ton of CO2. Read MIT Climate´s explainer: climate.mit.edu/explainers/car… #carbonpricing #costofcarbon #mitclimate

MIT researchers developed a new cost-effective battery that uses aluminum. Its materials cost is 85 percent lower than lithium batteries. #batteries #mitresearch #greenenergy science.org/content/articl…

MIT researchers used DNA to drive a highly efficient conversion process that turns CO2 into valuable products. #mitresearch #mitclimate #sustainablematerials climate.mit.edu/posts/turning-…

“I want to find ways to save the world with nuclear,” says Anne White, the head of MIT´s Nuclear Science and Engineering department. She has done path-breaking fusion research. #mitclimate #nuclear #fusion climate.mit.edu/posts/high-ene…

Boston Metal, an MIT startup, is working to transition the steel industry from coal-based fuel to sustainably produced electricity. #mitstartup #climate #greensteel bostonglobe.com/2022/08/29/bus…

MIT professor Harry L. Tuller is working on methods that could significantly increase the lifetimes of fuel cells. #mitresearch #fuelcells #mitclimate climate.mit.edu/posts/simple-w…

MIT graduate student Pablo Leon is developing a machine-learning tool for scientists to automate the evaluation of battery materials. #mitresearch #batteries #mitscientists climate.mit.edu/posts/building…

Download the new guide for educators to teach students about “Electric Vehicles and Climate Change” developed by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative. #miteducation #electricvehicles #mitclimate climate.mit.edu/til-about-elec…

MIT’s Janelle Knox-Hayes and Donald Sadoway co-authored a paper that calls for engaging local stakeholders in a “co-design” process as a way of encouraging community acceptance of wind power projects. #renewable #energy #codesign climate.mit.edu/posts/3-questi…

MIT researchers have developed a passive cooling system that uses no electric power and can preserve food crops and supplement conventional air conditioners in buildings. #cooling #climate #mitresearch climate.mit.edu/posts/passive-…

Nobel Prize winner Esther Duflo, who co-founded MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, said poorer nations are at ‘dramatic’ risk if richer countries do not help them to mitigate and adapt to climate change. #climate #inequality #climatechange nytimes.com/2022/09/19/cli…

MIT Climate´s blog series on energy access notes that an alarming number of households in Europe were unable to keep their homes adequately warm in winter. #energy #poverty #climatechange climate.mit.edu/posts/energy-p…