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Who bears the burden of climate inaction? | Brookings

MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social · 1d

Can you put a price on climate impacts in the US? Yes, up to $570 per household annually, with poorer households hit the hardest. Well-designed policies, like a carbon tax & clean energy subsidies, are likely to have lower costs to US households.
Chris Knittel, Catherine Wolfram, Kimberly Clausing

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Choose Your Climate Future: The En-ROADS Climate Workshop

MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social · 1d

#EnROADS empowers leaders from diverse industries to explore climate policy impacts. Pete Kronowitt, Founder, Face the Music Collective + Board Member, Music Declares Emergency, backs the simulators used in our MIT Climate Pathways Project (w/ @mitsloansusty.bsky.social + @climateinteractive.org)

MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social · 2d

The Paris Climate & Nature Week is the new European event dedicated to the ecological transition. Ten years after the adoption of the Paris Agreement and on the eve of COP 30 in Belém, this moment offers a unique opportunity to learn from a decade of climate action.

MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social · 2d

The Center's team will take part in #ParisClimateWeek at @sciencespo with an #EnROADS workshop, the climate sim co-dev'd w/@climateinteractive.org + @mitsloan.bsky.social

Register:

📅 Tuesday, October 28 · 10 - 11:30am CET
📍 1 Place St Thomas d'Aquin

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The En-ROADS workshop is an interactive group experience using the En-ROADS climate solutions simulator.

Interactive role-play with climate policy simulation can motivate evidence-based climate action - Communications Earth & Environment

MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social · 2d

Removing tax incentives may reduce adoption of EVs. How else can we incentivize EV purchases? Professor Chris Knittel, and others, suggest investing in charging infrastructure. Massachusetts leaders just committed $46 million to that tune.
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MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social · 6d

Excited to share research showing participants in our #EnROADS sims co-dev'd w/ @climateinteractive.org + @mitsloan.bsky.social experience gains in climate knowledge + engagement + many take real-world action. Read more in Communications Earth & Environment from @natureportfolio.nature.com journals.

The climate action simulation exercise increased participants’ knowledge about high-impact climate actions and policies, and those gains persisted for at least 6 months, according to survey data and…

MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social · 8d

With #EnROADS, leaders like Cherie Nursalim, Climate Advisor to Indonesian gov't + VC of Giti Group can simulate their climate ideas. Backed by 70+ global leaders, our MIT Climate Pathways Project w/ @mitsloansusty.bsky.social + @climateinteractive.org is helping shape the future of climate action.

Global Climate Policy Project unveils roadmap for climate coalition | MIT Sloan

MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social · 14d

The Harvard-MIT Global Climate Policy Project, including MIT's Professor Catherine Wolfram, suggests a global climate coalition that can: reduce emissions x7, raise $200B annually, minimize price impacts. The proposal will be presented at COP30 in Brazil.

In new report, an international group of researchers propose a path for countries willing to align carbon pricing, avert trade frictions, and unlock $200 billion in annual revenues

MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social · 15d

Faculty director @knittelmit.bsky.social and his research colleagues offer a policy solution to cure range anxiety and power #EV adoption that is simple and cheap—and readily advanced by states.

Charger. Data. Transparency

MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social · 16d

Turn insight into impact with #EnROADS, the interactive simulator driving evidence-based climate action. Dr. Frederik Zohm, Exec. Board Member R&D, at MAN Truck & Bus SE, recognizes its power in the MIT Climate Pathways Project w/ @mitsloansusty.bsky.social + @climateinteractive.org

Webinar registration: Perspectives on Sustainability - Scenario Analysis

MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social · 17d

DYK #EnROADS can be used to conduct climate-related scenario analysis? Join our colleague @elliej.bsky.social as she discusses this use of the tool co-developed by @climateinteractive.org + @mitsloan.bsky.social . Free IFRS Foundation webinar at 8PM EDT on Oct 6. Register today!

In this episode we explore scenario analysis – a critical process for assessing climate resilience as required by IFRS S2.

International carbon taxes would expand under climate proposal

MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social · 21d

Through her work with the @MIT.edu [email protected] Global Climate Policy Project, Wolfram recently led a report that outlined the vision for this new coalition.

MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social · 21d

"There's definitely a need to increase the ambition of the carbon pricing programs that are out there."

@cwolfram.bsky.social discusses carbon pricing under a proposed global climate coalition in @EENewsUpdates

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A coalition of nations that tax domestic carbon emissions would impose carbon fees on certain imports from countries outside the coalition.

MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social · 28d

#EnROADS uses the best available climate science to help leaders visualize policy scenarios and assess their impacts. Alba Peña, Mexico Chapter Lead of Citizens' Climate Lobby, endorses this tool leveraged in our MIT Climate Pathways Project w/ @mitsloansusty.bsky.social + @climateinteractive.org

MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social · Sep 8

The award honors excellence in the real-world application of the principles of system dynamics, a computer-assisted approach to modeling complex systems that originated at @MIT in the 1950s and helps people improve their decision-making when dealing with such systems.

En-ROADS Climate Solutions Simulator Team Wins System Dynamics Award | MIT Sloan

MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social · Sep 8

#EnROADS for the Win!

The @system-dynamics.bsky.social honored En-ROADS (co-dev’d w/ @climateinteractive.org + @mitsloansusty.bsky.social) with its 2025 System Dynamics Applications Award at the 2025 International System Dynamics Conference in Boston.

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The En-ROADS climate solutions simulator team has won the 2025 System Dynamics Applications Award, for excellence in applying system dynamics principles.

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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · Aug 5

Run any policy meant to cut greenhouse gas pollution through the En-ROADS simulator and see what kind of dent it makes in the next century. You'll discover the best policy is the one lawmakers continue to avoid: a carbon tax on gas companies:
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MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social · Sep 2

Expand your knowledge of the climate solution landscape w/ #EnROADS. Industry leaders like Ha Vu, Frmr Sr Software Engineer at Google, inspire companies to take evidence-based action revealed by simulation thru our MIT Climate Pathways Project w/ @mitsloansusty.bsky.social + @climateinteractive.org

Engage with Us | MIT Climate Pathways Project | MIT Sloan

MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social · Aug 28

#EnROADS affects people, says Gabriel Kra, Prelude Ventures—the type of tool we need for a #climate problem that involves everyone. Gabriel is one of 70+ global leaders to endorse the simulators used in our MIT Climate Pathways Project (w/ @mitsloansusty.bsky.social + @climateinteractive.org ).

MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social · Aug 19

Rep. @juliabrownley.house.gov (CA-26) doesn't guess which climate solutions are most impactful—she is one of many gov't leaders who have used the decision support tool #EnROADS (co-dev’d w/ @climateinteractive.org + @mitsloan.bsky.social ), which is regularly updated w/ the best available science.

Photo of Julia Brownley, CA-26, with quote reading “En-ROADS is an incredible tool that every official should use to formulate the most effective, data-driven decisions.”

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MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social · Aug 13

Workshops, one-on-ones, event keynotes—the MIT Climate Pathways Project team (w/ @mitsloansusty.bsky.social + @climateinteractive.org ) is ready to bring our interactive #EnROADS simulator to your organization & talk evidence-based climate policy with you! ✓

🌎 Learn how you can engage with us:

Learn about collaboration opportunities, resources, and ways to contribute to shaping effective climate policies through data-driven solutions and research.

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MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social · Aug 12

Feel empowered w/ #EnROADS: get direct access to the best available climate science in seconds. Industry leaders like Andrew Greenspan, HSBC, recognize the change-making potential of the simulators used in our MIT Climate Pathways Project (w/ @mitsloansusty.bsky.social + @climateinteractive.org ).

Picture of Andrew Greenspan with quote reading: "When facilitator and participants are debriefing their En-ROADS session, there is a real feeling of possibility...En-ROADS has power!"

Data center flexibility can save money but may come with higher emissions: MIT

MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social · Aug 11

Interesting insight into a new study from @mitceepr.bsky.social that shows opportunities for data centers to save operating costs, utilize more renewables, and reduce emissions with quotes from our researchers including faculty director @knittelmit.bsky.social

#AI #DataCenters #Energy

In Texas, where renewable energy is booming, data center emissions fell by up to 40% in the MIT modeling of flexible data center workloads. In other regions, however, emissions rose.

Five Insights from the C-Suite: How En-ROADS Changed The Way One Business Leader Thinks | MIT Sloan

MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social · Aug 7

When TRUMPF's Dr. Mathias Kammüller first used #EnROADS (co-dev’d w/ @climateinteractive.org + @mitsloan.bsky.social ) during CPP team member Florian Kapmeier's workshop, he knew it was a game-changing tool. Read below his 5 key En-ROADS insights + how they shaped TRUMPF's sustainability strategy 💡:

Taking the En-ROADS climate solutions simulator outside of his classroom, Dr. Florian Kapmeier helped the CDO of TRUMPF SE + Co. KG gain new insights to apply to the company’s sustainability strategy.