Industrial decarbonization is widely regarded as one of the most difficult and costly challenges, or “hard-to-abate,” in achieving net-zero emissions. Recently in Joule, Dai and colleagues demonstrate...

Graduate Center faculty, students, and alumni are advancing research to help care for the planet and the life that depends on it.

Coal mine workers in the climate transition: subnational vulnerability disparities in China and India, Danneaux, Augustin, Le Gallic, Thomas, Lefèvre, Julien, Vishwanathan, Saritha Sudharmma, He, Gang

The importance of renewable integration into grids came to the forefront in 2025. New challenges in stability, storage, artificial intelligence demand and policy changes defined a year that tested whether power systems can become reliable, flexible and equitable in a net-zero world.

The importance of renewable integration into grids came to the forefront in 2025. New challenges in stability, storage, artificial intelligence demand and policy changes defined a year that tested whe...

Gang He will use the Sloan Foundation funding to examine how policies and markets shape the manufacturing of clean energy and the impacts on emissions.

Analysis of a decade's worth of data found that imported panels saved just under 600 lives and provided nearly $30 million in climate and health benefits.

Generations Journal, vol. 49, no. 3 (Fall 2025)

Professor Gang He co-authored a study showing that imported solar panels prevented nearly 600 premature deaths and delivered $28 billion in climate and health benefits to the United States.

NYC Climate Week panel event hosted by the Marxe School at Baruch College As AI drives new electricity demand and countries pursue net-zero, nuclear energy is back in the spotlight. This panel will e...

Hosts Dan Kammen and Claire Broido Johnson kick off Energy Matters with a candid look at the science, business, and urgency of the climate crisis. From clean cooking in Kenya ...

The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations is pleased to announce the ninth round of fellows in its  Public Intellectuals Program (PIP), generously funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York. The ...

Strengthening regulations and domestic supply chains could be key to making nuclear power more economically viable.

Strengthening regulations and domestic supply chains could be key to making nuclear power more economically viable.

Strengthening regulations and domestic supply chains could be key to making nuclear power more economically viable.

Professor Gang He co-authors a new "Nature" comment article on taming the nuclear cost curse.

Strengthening regulations and domestic supply chains could be key to making nuclear power more economically viable.

Explaining your high utility bills

On November 14, 2024, the MIT Free Speech Alliance is hosting a campus debate - Resolved: The total cost of global net-zero decarbonization by the latter half of this century is well worth the project...

Green jobs are increasingly regarded as the solution to the displacement of coal-related workers. Yet, the extent to which green jobs are easily accessible to coal power plant workers regarding co-loc...

A multi-faceted framework that combines international cooperation, targeted policy interventions, and technological innovation