Center for Global Change Science: Recent submissions

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    • The Future of Coal in China 

      Zhang, X.; Winchester, N.; Zhang, X. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2017-04)
      As the world’s largest consumer of total primary energy and energy from coal, and the largest emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2), China is now taking an active role in controlling CO2 emissions. Given current coal use in ...

    • Climate Stabilization at 2°C and Net Zero Carbon Emissions 

      Sokolov, A.; Paltsev, S.; Chen, H.; Haigh, M.; Prinn, R.; e.a. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2017-03)
      The goal to stabilize global average surface temperature at lower than 2°C above pre-industrial level has been extensively discussed in climate negotiations. A number of publications state that achieving this goal will ...

    • Transparency in the Paris Agreement 

      Jacoby, H.D.; Chen, Y.-H.H.; Flannery, B.P. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2017-02)
      Establishing a credible and effective transparency system will be both crucial and challenging for the climate regime based on the pledge and review process established in the Paris Agreement. The Agreement provides for ...