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The MIT ESI will be dissolving at the end of June, but its research and education efforts will soon be redistributed across the Institute.

The Alliance, composed of nine cities, was created to collectively promote biodiversity conservation at scale.

In January, an MIT delegation visited the Peruvian Amazon to explore sustainable bioeconomies and conservation efforts as part of a collaboration with Amanatari and UTEC focused on preserving biodiversity and supporting local communities.

The MIT Global Summit on Mine Tailings Innovation focused on strategies to reduce, reuse, and reimagine tailings, highlighting the need for collaboration across sectors.

The conference focused on stopping global biodiversity loss and advancing the 23 goals of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF).

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.