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PostJune 8, 2021

Climate projections with Sergey Paltsev

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Re-posted from Climate Now:

Dr. Sergey Paltsev, Deputy Director of MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, spoke with Climate Now hosts James Lawler and Katherine Gorman about climate projections and the tools he and his colleagues at MIT use to communicate projected outcomes to policymakers and the public.

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FEATURING:

Sergey Paltsev
Deputy Director of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change

HOSTED BY:

James Lawler
Climate Now Host

Katherine Gorman
Climate Now Host

by MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy
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Climate Modeling

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