Q&A: What is agentic AI today, and what do we want it to be?
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The deployment of automated software systems called AI agents has recently exploded. A November 2025 report by MIT Sloan School of Management and Boston Consulting Group found that 35 percent of surveyed businesses had already deployed AI agents, while another 44 percent planned to implement agentic AI soon. To understand the fundamentals and potential impacts of […]
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Considering Climate Change in State Hazard Mitigation Plans: New Sabin Center & NRDC White Paper
Climate change is fueling an unprecedented number of extreme weather and climate disasters with dire consequences for human life and property. In the last decade, most counties across the United States have experienced multiple disaster events, including at least one federally declared disaster. States and local governments have a responsibility to adapt to these increasing […]
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Renewable gas coalition urges GHG Protocol to recognise market-based fuel purchases
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A coalition of around 90 organisations from the renewable gas sector has called on the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) to revise its forthcoming corporate greenhouse gas accounting standard to better recognise the climate benefits of renewable gaseous fuels. The appeal, published during London Climate Action Week, argues that changes to the GHG Protocol’s proposed […]
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Waste analytics firm picks up Circular Economy Project of the Year
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AI waste analytics company Greyparrot has been named Circular Economy Project of the Year at the UK Green Business Awards 2026 for its Deepnest Packaging Waste Intelligence Platform. The award recognises Greyparrot’s work using AI-powered waste analysis to give brands new levels of visibility into what happens to their packaging after it is discarded, helping […]
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The hidden failure point in flue gas treatment: why reliable reagent handling matters
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Screw feeder dosing powdered material. Sponsored content: This article contains sponsored content. As environmental regulations continue to tighten across industries, flue gas treatment systems play an increasingly important role in helping operators meet emissions targets and maintain compliance. Whether in energy-from-waste, incineration, biomass plants, or manufacturing operations, effective flue gas treatment is essential for meeting […]
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Custom-designed yet reusable exhibition stands
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This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Quadrant2Design. The exhibition stand now provides opportunities for organisations to showcase their sustainability credentials. Continued climate volatility, rising public expectations and ageing infrastructure have led regulatory bodies to demand stricter sustainability compliance and reporting, making clean practices a necessity, rather than an option. For those […]
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CCC: Slow electrification leaving UK households exposed to higher energy bills
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The Climate Change Committee (CCC) published its annual assessment of the government’s progress in reducing emissions on 24 June. It warns that households are facing higher energy bills because the UK is not electrifying fast enough. Overall emissions fell 1.8% in 2025. There has been good progress in a range of areas, and the UK […]
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Waste plastic converted into highly crystalline graphite could aid lithium-ion battery production
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Natural graphite (pictured) is the benchmark anode material for lithium-ion batteries. The Penn State team produced a synthetic graphite from waste PET with a similarly highly ordered crystalline structure. Discarded PET plastic bottles could become a source of high-quality graphite for lithium-ion batteries. A seemingly noteworthy advance in this direction has been announced by researchers […]
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Street-level mapping tool targets England’s environmental inequalities
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The new indices combine environmental, health and socio-economic data to help identify neighbourhoods where multiple pressures accumulate. A new set of mapping tools launched by the Environment Agency and partners promises to help councils, government bodies and environmental organisations identify, at street level, where environmental pressures are combining with social deprivation to create the greatest […]
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Six charts show how clean power was world’s largest source of new energy in 2025
Clean power added more to global energy supplies than any other source in 2025, according to the latest Energy Institute statistical review of world energy. Outside the Covid pandemic, it was also the first year ever in which wind and solar, when combined, contributed more new energy than any of the individual fossil fuels. The findings […]
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Inaugural Music Technology Research Showcase celebrates work of new graduate program’s initial students
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The MIT Music Technology and Computation (MTC) Graduate Program — launched in fall 2024 as a collaboration between the Music and Theater Arts Section in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS), and the School of Engineering (SoE) — presented its inaugural MIT Music Technology Research Showcase on May 13. The event played […]
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3 Questions: Beyond data-driven aesthetics
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“Beyond Data-Driven Aesthetics,” by MIT Architecture alumnus and researcher Alexandros Haridis, on view at the MIT Keller Gallery through June 30, examines 20th- and 21st-century efforts to transform computing into a medium for creative production and aesthetic judgment in architecture and the applied arts. Drawing on philosophy, mathematics, computer science, and design computation, the exhibition […]
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Guest post: Climate change has caused one-fifth of Pine Island glacier retreat
The Pine Island glacier in West Antarctica is one of the fastest-changing glaciers in the world. Alongside its neighbour, the Thwaites glacier, it is responsible for almost half the sea level rise caused by melting ice sheets in Antarctica. Scientists know the West Antarctic ice sheet – which includes Thwaites and Pine Island – is […]
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David Autor named head of the Department of Economics
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David Autor, the Daniel (1972) and Gail Rubinfeld Professor in the MIT Department of Economics, has been named head of the Department of Economics, effective July 1. “David is a world-class labor economist,” says Agustín Rayo, the Kenan Sahin Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. “He is also an individual of […]
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DeBriefed 26 June 2026: Heat records broken across Europe | London climate action week | Introducing ‘Project Cosmos’
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week Record Europe heat HOTTEST EVER: The UK broke its temperature record for June twice this week, while France recorded its hottest day ever two days in a row, reported the Guardian. The Times reported that temperatures reached […]
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Q&A: What change of power in Colombia could mean for world’s fossil-fuel transition
Over the last four years, Colombia has emerged as one of the most vocal advocates for the world to transition away from fossil fuels. Under the leadership of leftist politician and economist Gustavo Petro, it became the first major oil-and-gas producer to commit to halting all new fossil-fuel expansion. In April, the nation hosted a […]
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LLMs help robots understand vague instructions and focus on key details
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Imagine working at a warehouse or office sometime in the near future, and you’re asked to help a new trainee learn the basics of their job. The catch: It’s a robot. To teach them, you might want to play a game of “show and tell” — that is, physically showing how to do something a […]
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Media reaction: How climate change intensified Europe’s record-breaking June heat
For the second time in two months, western and central Europe has been hit by a record-breaking heatwave. Temperature records have toppled in multiple countries, with France seeing its “hottest day ever” for two days running and the UK, Spain and Switzerland breaking records for June. A rapid-response attribution study has concluded that “climate change […]