Who Pays the Costs of Climate Change?

Returning from Climate Week NYC and an exciting MIT Innovation Showcase, energy is high here at the MIT CPC. Here's what we're thinking about:

-COP 30 and MIT’s contributions to policy advice for decarbonizing the buildings sector

-An idea for a new global climate coalition that could speed up emissions reductions without significant impacts on commodity costs (see Global Climate Policy Project below)

-New MIT research that offers policy solutions to lower the costs of climate change for US households (see Inequality of Inaction below)

Sincerely,

Bethany Patten, Executive Director, MIT Climate Policy Center

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