Toward a Sustainable Future Main Session and Q&A

In the MIT Better World (Sustainability) main session on March 16, 2021, speakers highlight climate and sustainability-related work underway at MIT.

Provost Martin A. Schmidt SM ’83, PhD ’88 underscores MIT’s unique role in society’s path to sustainability, made possible by an unparalleled community of multidisciplinary experts.

Professor Asegun Henry SM ’06, PhD ’09 explains the urgency his team brings to their search for a means of cost-efficient energy storage in his field of heat transfer and thermodynamics.

Graduate student Annauk Denise Olin discusses the devastating effects of global climate change on her home, the Native Village of Shishmaref in Alaska, and her mission of creating a curriculum that will preserve its native language.

Finally, Vice President for Research Maria Zuber offers reasons for optimism, discussing the Institute’s promising sustainability research in key areas such as cost-efficient batteries, carbon capture, and fusion.

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