School of Architecture and Planning recognizes faculty with academic promotions in 2025
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Seven faculty in the MIT School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P) have been honored for their contributions through promotions, effective July 1. Three faculty promotions are in the Department of Architecture; three are in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning; and one is in the Program in Media Arts and Sciences. “Whether architects, urbanists, […]
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UN: Five reasons why switching to renewables is ‘smart economics’
The global energy transition is now “unstoppable” due to “smart economics”, UN general-secretary António Guterres has said in an online speech titled: “A moment of opportunity.” His comments coincide with two reports released today, one from International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the other from the UN that utilises the former’s research. Between them, the […]
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Protecting Rights in the Anthropocene: How the Inter‑American Court’s Right to a Healthy Climate Pushes the Boundaries of Human Rights Law
On July 3, 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) issued its long-awaited Advisory Opinion No. 32 (AO-32/25) on the “Climate Emergency and Human Rights” (the official English translation can be found here; for an overview of the decision’s key elements, see here). A broad group of States, communities, Indigenous communities, legal practitioners, civil […]
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Over $2.5bn invested in fusion energy industry in past year
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The OG: still running after 4.6 billion years (image credit: NASA Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres and Yohkoh Legacy data Archive). The fusion industry raised $2.64bn in private and public funding in the 12 months leading to July 2025, according to the annual Global Fusion Industry Report by the Fusion Industry Association (FIA), a trade association […]
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Recycled glass helps build sustainability into construction, finds study
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White and blue recycled glass cullets, ready to be used as a raw material for new building materials (image credit: Dr Muhammad Ali, University of Portsmouth) Recycled glass could become a staple ingredient in building, paving the way for greener construction materials and more sustainable development. In a study, published in Discover Civil Engineering, scientists […]
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Why wind deserves a bigger role in climate change assessment
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This article contains sponsored content. When most people think about climate change risks, things like floods, droughts, and rising temperatures are usually the first to come to mind. They’re visible, disruptive, and well-documented. But there’s one major risk that often flies under the radar: wind. Wind events, including extreme gusts, storms, and shifting patterns, are […]
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Analysis: China’s clean-energy exports in 2024 alone will cut overseas CO2 by 1%
China’s exports of clean-energy technologies such as solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles are increasingly helping to cut emissions in other countries. Such exports in 2024 alone are already shaving 1% off global emissions outside of China and, in total, will avoid some 4bn tonnes of carbon dioxide (GtCO2) over the lifetimes of the products. […]
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The Transmission, Distribution, and Interconnection Crises Blocking New York’s Climate Goals
At a July 10, 2025 meeting, Commissioner Judy Chang of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) argued that the United States needs to rapidly build more transmission capacity to bring new sources of electricity online. She explained that “transmission is the network that needs to support both generation and load, and whether it’s load growing, […]
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A new way to edit or generate images
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AI image generation — which relies on neural networks to create new images from a variety of inputs, including text prompts — is projected to become a billion-dollar industry by the end of this decade. Even with today’s technology, if you wanted to make a fanciful picture of, say, a friend planting a flag on […]
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MIT Learn offers “a whole new front door to the Institute”
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In 2001, MIT became the first higher education institution to provide educational resources for free to anyone in the world. Fast forward 24 years: The Institute has now launched a dynamic AI-enabled website for its non-degree learning opportunities, making it easier for learners around the world to discover the courses and resources available on MIT’s […]
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Versatile flow computer for hydrocarbon measurement
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This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Ex-i Flow Measurement. The SFC3000 flow computer from Sussex based Ex-i Flow Measurement Ltd is a highly versatile liquid hydrocarbon and gas flow measuring device capable of operating in a stand-alone single-stream flow measurement system or as part of a highly complex multi-stream system. The […]
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The unique, mathematical shortcuts language models use to predict dynamic scenarios
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Let’s say you’re reading a story, or playing a game of chess. You may not have noticed, but each step of the way, your mind kept track of how the situation (or “state of the world”) was changing. You can imagine this as a sort of sequence of events list, which we use to update […]
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Drax is still the UK’s largest emitter
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Drax remains the largest single source of CO2 emissions in the UK, emitting more than the next four largest emitters combined, according to a report from energy think tank Ember. The North Yorkshire power plant’s carbon emissions have risen 16% in the past year, further widening its lead over next-biggest emitter, Port Talbot Steelworks. Pembroke […]
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Mapped: 16 times extreme weather drove higher food prices since 2022
UK potatoes, South Korean cabbage and west African cocoa are just some of the foods that became markedly more expensive after extreme weather events in recent years, according to new research. The study, published in Environmental Research Letters, analyses 16 examples of food price rises across the world that followed periods of extreme heat, drought […]
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Addressing Accountability in the IACtHR’s Advisory Opinion: The Question of Reparation and Loss and Damage
On July 3, 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) delivered a historic advisory opinion regarding States’ obligations in relation to the climate crisis (AO-32/25). The IACtHR was particularly articulate in qualifying States’ obligations under the right to a healthy environment as having a jus cogens nature (paras. 287ff), and in deriving from it […]
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Reproductive Rights and the Climate Crisis: The Omission of the Inter-American Court in AO-32/25
On July 3, 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) published its long-awaited Advisory Opinion 32/25 (AO-32/25). The Opinion responds to a 2023 request from Colombia and Chile, asking the IACtHR to clarify the scope of States’ obligations to address the climate emergency under international human rights law. While the decision marks a significant […]
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DeBriefed 18 July 2025: India’s clean-energy milestone; Climate reaches UK parliament; Conserving trees and culture in Kenya
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week UK parliament’s climate takeover MILIBAND SPEECH: UK energy security and net-zero secretary Ed Miliband delivered a “scathing” address to parliament on the “state of the climate and nature” in the UK, Edie reported. Ahead of his speech, […]
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The Bloom of Nature’s Rights: On the IACtHR’s Recognition of Nature’s Legal Personality in AO-32/25
The delegation speaks in front of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Brazil. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ (IACtHR) advisory opinion on human rights and the climate emergency (AO-32/25) addresses numerous dimensions of the climate crisis, setting an important precedent for the protection of our planet. This post focuses on one particularly significant […]