MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change

Advancing a sustainable, prosperous world through actionable, scientific analysis of the complex interactions among co-evolving, interconnected global systems.

• Combines scientific research with risk and policy analyses to project the impacts of—and evaluate possible responses to—the many interwoven challenges of global and regional socioeconomic, technological and environmental change.
• Communicates research findings through our website, publications, workshops and presentations around the world, as well as frequent interactions with decision-makers, media outlets, government and nongovernmental organizations, schools and communities.
• Cultivates and educates the next generation of interdisciplinary researchers with the skills to tackle ongoing and emerging complex global challenges.

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