In order for an offset to be legitimate, IDSS faculty John Sterman says, a project’s results must be verifiable, immediate and durable. They must also be “additional,” meaning they wouldn’t have happened without funding from the offset.
IDSS faculty Christopher Knittel discusses the implications of the latest climate rule put in place to mitigate power plant emissions. “What we’ve seen, even without these rules, is that coal generation is failing,” says Knittel. “These new rules will certainly push to speed that transition up.”
Skeptics are more likely to approve of sustainable infrastructure when shown AI-enhanced images of how green cityscapes might look, finds research from team including IDSS faculty Rahul Bhui.
IDSS faculty Martin Wainwright one of three MIT professors appointed to the 2024 class of “trail-blazing fellows.”
