MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy@mit_cs3

@mit_cs3 improves understanding of sustainability challenges & helps decision-makers address global change, enhancing wellbeing for current & future generations

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Joined June 2010
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MIT researchers, including several affiliated with CS3, are advancing tools to help evaluate a location’s vulnerabilities to flooding, cyclones, humid heat waves, or other #climate-related events. #ExtremeWeather #Resilience tinyurl.com/bdea2566
The “New World of Weather” project, one of MIT’s five Climate Grand Challenges announced in 2022, is “advancing the science, technologies, and practical strategies needed to help communities anticipate [extreme weather] and build greater resilience,” says MIT Vice President for Energy and Climate Evelyn Wang. Credits: Image: iStock

ALT The “New World of Weather” project, one of MIT’s five Climate Grand Challenges announced in 2022, is “advancing the science, technologies, and practical strategies needed to help communities anticipate [extreme weather] and build greater resilience,” says MIT Vice President for Energy and Climate Evelyn Wang. Credits: Image: iStock
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MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Haruko Wainwright believes the risks posed by radioactive wastes cannot be properly assessed without also considering the hazards of chemical wastes. #nuclear #sustainability news.mit.edu/2026/3-question…

3 Questions: Putting nuclear waste into perspective

MIT Professor Haruko Wainwright describes why she believes an expansion of the nuclear power sector in the United States will benefit the environment, despite the fact that a solution to the perman...

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Team of economists led by MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Catherine Wolfram finds that a group of countries could set up a shared #carbon pricing scheme that cuts ~1.5% of global greenhouse gas #emissions & raises nearly $200 billion/year in public money. tinyurl.com/mrxsjxjr
A metallurgical production plant releases emissions from its smokestacks. Credit: Shutterstock

ALT A metallurgical production plant releases emissions from its smokestacks. Credit: Shutterstock

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The future of #affordability: In some world regions, the poorest people may spend about 50% of their #income on #food, while the richest spend about 5%, finds study co-authored by MIT CS3 and @mitenergy Principal Research Scientist Jennifer Morris. tinyurl.com/2597f6bw
A new study focuses on forecasting future access to food, water, and energy in 2050. Credits: Credit: MIT News; iStock

ALT A new study focuses on forecasting future access to food, water, and energy in 2050. Credits: Credit: MIT News; iStock
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Presenting the September 2026 e-newsletter of the MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy. In this issue: Assessing regional economic impacts of different #decarbonization pathways; and #climate risk, #adaptation and #innovations. tinyurl.com/taas8f5z
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Commentary co-authored by MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Christopher Knittel argues for a mileage-based approach to how we tax auto travel. (WBUR) wbur.org/cognoscenti/2026/08…
Cars line up at the pumps of a Gulf Oil station on the Massachusetts Turnpike near Boston on Sunday, July 19. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

ALT Cars line up at the pumps of a Gulf Oil station on the Massachusetts Turnpike near Boston on Sunday, July 19. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)
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AI’s biggest #climate threat isn’t the power draw of data centers — it’s the economic growth AI unleashes, argue MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate John Sterman and co-author in a forthcoming book chapter. #ArtificialIntelligence #datacenter mitsloan.mit.edu/press/will-…
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MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Jennifer Morris's latest project aims to enable decision-makers to assess the regional economic effects of different #decarbonization pathways. Here we explore her career path and its potential impact on society. tinyurl.com/5h6jf9hz
Jennifer Morris moderating a panel at the 48th Global Change Forum in March 2026 (Photo by Jamie Bartholomay)

ALT Jennifer Morris moderating a panel at the 48th Global Change Forum in March 2026 (Photo by Jamie Bartholomay)

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A new project funded by @schmidtsciences and co-led by MIT CS3 researchers aims to enable decision-makers to assess potential regional #economy-wide impacts of multiple #decarbonization pathways. tinyurl.com/ykdt3rnw
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Articles in our August 2026 e-newsletter show how CS3 researchers are advancing our understanding of natural & societal systems; providing actionable information for #energy, #transportation & business planners; & addressing planetary & regional changes. tinyurl.com/mr43kyrm
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Introducing GLODAP v3, an internally consistent database of #ocean #carbon measurements widely used to determine ocean uptake of anthropogenic carbon & validate ocean carbon models. CS3 Principal Research Scientist Ryan Woosley contributed to this upgrade. tinyurl.com/njbtwbv7
Map showing all stations in GLODAPv3. Source: OceanICU

ALT Map showing all stations in GLODAPv3. Source: OceanICU
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MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Michael Howland and co-authors of a new study in Nature Energy find that where new #energy projects are built could be key to avoiding blackouts in a future with hotter weather and other challenges. tinyurl.com/4jr3esxu
MIT researchers have created a way to make more climate-informed energy siting choices and shown how it can be used to make energy systems more resilient and reduce blackouts. Credits: Credit: iStock

ALT MIT researchers have created a way to make more climate-informed energy siting choices and shown how it can be used to make energy systems more resilient and reduce blackouts. Credits: Credit: iStock
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#Scenarios can be a powerful tool to explore a wide range of potential outcomes for #climate impacts, #food and water security, air quality and other #sustainability indicators. Our July MIT CS3 e-newsletter showcases recent CS3 research in this space. tinyurl.com/yeyvckrv
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What's the best use of a tract of land? To support long-term planning, MIT CS3 researchers are advancing a new modeling framework that projects the future of land use in a geographic region at high resolution. tinyurl.com/55tsv4xj
Photo: In the Mississippi River watershed, spanning 31 states, about 36 percent of the land is dedicated to cropland and pasture. (Source: The Nature Conservancy, © Mary Smith)

ALT Photo: In the Mississippi River watershed, spanning 31 states, about 36 percent of the land is dedicated to cropland and pasture. (Source: The Nature Conservancy, © Mary Smith)
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Congratulations to MIT CS3 Director Noelle Selin, who has been named as TEPCO Professor in the @mitidss and @eapsMIT! The award supports distinguished faculty advancing global environmental research and education. tinyurl.com/2s47fvn5
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MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon & co-authors find #ozone depletion began decades before discovery of ozone hole. news.mit.edu/2026/scientists…
Caption:“The fact that ozone depletion would have happened as early as the late 1950s, which is much earlier than I would have thought, just absolutely blew my mind,” says Susan Solomon. Credits:Image: Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT

ALT Caption:“The fact that ozone depletion would have happened as early as the late 1950s, which is much earlier than I would have thought, just absolutely blew my mind,” says Susan Solomon. Credits:Image: Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT
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A new study co-authored by MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Christopher Knittel suggests flexibility in the timing of #electricity consumption could lower #energy costs associated with data centers. #datacenter news.mit.edu/2026/how-data-c…
Caption:“There are two dimensions that data centers have to make decisions about,” Christopher Knittel says. “One is how much of their load in any one time period is flexible. And two, how many hours, plus or minus, can they move that computation?” Credits:Image: MIT News, iStock

ALT Caption:“There are two dimensions that data centers have to make decisions about,” Christopher Knittel says. “One is how much of their load in any one time period is flexible. And two, how many hours, plus or minus, can they move that computation?” Credits:Image: MIT News, iStock
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MIT CS3- and @mitenergy-affiliated work on carbon dioxide removal (#CDR) and #climate change #uncertainty among recent book titles and chapters from Institute faculty and staff news.mit.edu/2026/summer-rea… @ScienceMIT @MITSloan

Summer 2026 recommended reading from MIT

A summer reading list featuring books by MIT faculty and staff that were published from July 2025 to June 2026.

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Climate #scenarios are used to explore possible futures as the world #economy evolves & the #climate changes. MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Jennifer Morris explains how they can advance understanding of climate #risk & inform decision-making. tinyurl.com/2s3kjfyt
Climate scenarios are used to explore possible futures as the world economy evolves & the climate changes. (Source: Virginia Tech)

ALT Climate scenarios are used to explore possible futures as the world economy evolves & the climate changes. (Source: Virginia Tech)
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