Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Reports: Recent submissions
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The Future of Global Water Stress: An Integrated Assessment
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2014-01)We assess the ability of global water systems, resolved at 282 large river basins or Assessment Sub Regions (ASRs), to the meet water requirements over the coming decades under integrated projections of socioeconomic growth ... -
An Analogue Approach to Identify Extreme Precipitation Events: Evaluation and Application to CMIP5 Climate Models in the United States
(MIT Joint Program, 2013-11)Global warming is expected to alter the frequency, intensity, and risk of extreme precipitation events. However, global climate models in general do not correctly reproduce the frequency and intensity distribution of ... -
Synergy between Pollution and Carbon Emissions Control: Comparing China and the U.S.
(MIT Joint Program, 2013-10)We estimate the potential synergy between pollution and climate control in the U.S. and China, summarizing the results as emissions cross-elasticities of control. We set a range of NOx and SO2 targets, and record the ...
