After last week's global climate strike we took a look back at the data on the size and scale of previous climate rallies, protests, and marches. The results show a movement that is not only growing, ...
What role can afforestation play in addressing climate change?
Analysis of Recent Afforestation Reporting Based on Bastin et al. (2019) with the En-ROADS Simulator By Andrew P. Jones, Dr. Lori Siegel, and Dr. Florian Kapmeier New study on ...
6 Methods to Unlock the Magic of Multisolving
The complex and interconnected challenges facing us today require solutions that pool people's expertise, funding, and political will to create solutions that multisolve, or solve multiple problems at ...
Modeling Soil Carbon and Agriculture
Sometimes the very early stages of modeling can reveal important lessons. Validation and data are important for building a policy-relevant model, but setting up the basic physics of a problem and ...
Analysis: US Cities and States Take Action to Meet Paris Climate Goals
In the wake of President Trump’s announcement that he will withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement, hundreds of cities, states, tribes, counties, and universities have committed themselves to ...
Half the US Population Lives in Cities or States That Are Working Towards the Paris Agreement Climate Goals
We estimate that approximately 53% of residents in the US live either in a state that has adopted goals in line with Paris Climate Agreement or in a city that has. Together these cities and states ...
Want to See US Climate Progress? Support City and State Leaders and the Grassroots Groups Who Hold Them Accountable
Less than a week after President Trump announced the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, cities and states across the US have adopted the goals of the agreement as their own. ...
Response to White House Talking Points on Paris Agreement
From Dr. John Sterman, MIT/Climate Interactive and Andrew Jones, Climate Interactive, White House talking points on the decision to leave the Paris Agreement state: According to researchers at MIT, ...
Analysis: U.S. Role in the Paris Agreement
By Ellie Johnston, Andrew Jones, Lori Siegel, and John Sterman President Trump is about to decide whether to withdraw from the historic Paris climate agreement or even take the US out of the UN ...
Climate Scoreboard Update: National Plans Lead to 3.3°C
Updated Result for National Plans Scenario We have updated the Climate Scoreboard to reflect the impact of the latest plans countries have communicated to the United Nations to address climate ...
The Growing Importance of Agriculture in Climate Change
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture are an important contributor to climate change, especially when emissions from agriculture's impact on land-use changes are included. ...
The New York Times Employs Climate Interactive Data to Chart Out “How Trump Can Influence Climate Change”
Jasmine Lee and Adam Pearce of The New York Times created a digital story, "How Trump Can Influence Climate Change," exploring what actions were intended to deliver upon the Paris pledge of the U.S., ...