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Earlier this month, Program Scientist Scott Odell, head of the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative's Mining and Circular Economy program, spoke on a panel at Stockholm University titled "Governing Critical Raw Materials and the Energy Transition: Challenges for Socio-Environmental Sustainability."

Here, research program director Marcela Angel highlighted the ESI’s Big Climate Bet to create participatory monitoring systems that increase community resilience against predictable climate risks, such as landslides, in Latin America.    

With a background in the tech space, Marco will now focus on the Natural Climate Solution's (NCS) partnerships with organizations in Latin America at the intersection of climate change, technology, and environmental planning.

The MIT Climate Change Engagement Program’s new home, Climate HQ, will leverage Institute-wide expertise and advance global climate solutions.

Martin will play an active role in facilitating discussions with various actors in the carbon market chain to identify how and where improvements can be implemented so that quality and social justice are centered.

ESI director John E. Fernández reflects upon the 10 year anniversary of the ESI.

After a devastating landslide in 2017, DECCA (Drones for Equitable Climate Change Adaptation) aimed to develop a community-based planning and participatory risk management model with the development of technological tools for landslide monitoring.

This Earth Month, the ESI is co-hosting a film screening and discussion about climate change, belief, and talking with people you don't agree with.

The first major changes to the Climate Science, Risk & Solutions page have been made this month.

Mayolo, who is an MIT MLK Fellow and a consultant for the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative leading the Afro-Interamerican Forum on Climate Change, seeks to "make the region the protagonist of the COP."

The ESI offered a course during the 2024 IAP session to tackle the deficiency of climate and environmental justice (CEJ) content within MIT’s STEM departments.

At North America's first climate summit for the music industry, leaders shared solutions related to transportation, food, waste, advocacy, and clean energy.