
MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium (MCSC)
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A new kind of academia industry collaboration, working together to accelerate the implementation of scalable solutions to climate & sustainability challenges.
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https://impactclimate.mit.edu/ 21-06-2021 14:30:18
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A great article by MIT Energy Initiative featuring a group of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers, supported by the MCSC, working to harness #hydrogen's potential to address long-haul #trucking emissions. energy.mit.edu/news/reducing-ā¦

MIT Professor Robert J. Gilliard, Jr. leads a chemical synthesis lab with an expansive approach to both inorganic & organic chemistry. Learn more about Professor Gilliard, who the MCSC supports for his work in the the Carbon Capture and Storage space, in MIT News. news.mit.edu/2024/robert-giā¦

Alexandra Chua, an undergraduate student Wellesley College College, has been gaining valuable scientific communication skills through MCSC work on carbon capture and storage and soil elemental relationships with Impact Fellows @ac_obi and @NotSdnyColeman. impactclimate.mit.edu/2024/05/31/mcsā¦


Congrats to all 2024 CEE Awards recipients, including current and former MCSC Climate & Sustainability Scholars Runako Gentles and Grace Harrington, as well as MCSC Seed Awardee Michael Howland.

A recent article in Architectural Record dives into #circular construction and the building industry's waste problem. It highlights the MIT team behind PixelFrame, a system supported by the MCSC that allows concrete building elements to be disassembled and rebuilt. architecturalrecord.com/articles/16929ā¦

Recent MIT alumnus Anushree Chaudhuri, former MCSC Climate & Sustainability Scholar, stopped by to present her research with the MIT Renewable Energy Clinic. As a 2024 Marshall Scholar, she is headed to the UK in the fall to pursue a PhD at Cambridge in environment and development.


New MCSC primer by Aneil Tripathy explores the context for corporate #climate #finance decision-making processes & implications. It brings together a range of financial instruments & markets that MCSC members can use to support #decarbonization activities. impactclimate.mit.edu/2024/06/04/newā¦


The MCSC recently welcomed Curt Newton, Director of MIT OpenCourseWare to speak about how OCW is directing its #openeducation leadership toward more #inclusive and #equitable lifelong learning about #climate and #sustainability. Thank you for stopping by and sharing your knowledge!



#Research led by the MCSC's Elsa Olivetti, along with Basuhi Ravi, Karan Bhuwalka, and Rich Roth, explores disparities in bottle deposits & #PET #recycling systems, finding that bottle deposit programs are effective but too sparse to meet industry targets news.mit.edu/2024/increasinā¦


Actual rates of recycling are currently āabysmal.ā In a paper published by Journal of Industrial Ecology, Basuhi Ravi, Karan Bhuwalka, Richard Roth, and Elsa Olivetti explore novel strategies to increase PET bottle collection rates. buff.ly/4c9zzA5


The MCSC is pleased to welcome its newest member company Amazon. The Amazon team's #technology expertise will help accelerate the implementation of large-scale, real-world #climate and #sustainability challenges alongside our other member companies. impactclimate.mit.edu/2024/08/23/amaā¦

