Forging ahead on climate action
Last year, participants in the Paris Agreement on climate change expressed the shared global objective of limiting temperature rise, with each party to the agreement laying out its intended national contributions to addressing climate change. At this year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP22) in Marrakech, Morocco, as the world wondered what a change in administration could mean for U.S. climate policy and — by extension — the momentum for the Paris Agreement, national and civil society leaders repeatedly expressed their commitment to upholding and advancing implementation of the agreement. For MIT, the imperative is as clear as ever. “The Paris Agreement motivated us immensely,” said Maria Zuber, MIT's vice president for research, at a series of conversations hosted by Emerson Collective. “MIT strongly supports the agreement. Collectively, on our campus, we said it is a great starting point — but it’s not enough,” she said. Zuber spoke with Michael Crow, president of Arizona...