2023-Vienna-Fernández-Day-1

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March 29, 2023
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    Humanity’s past actions and current behaviors have resulted in dramatic damage to people and nature, and pose huge risks for our planet’s future. From declining fisheries to acute urban pollution to record-breaking global temperatures, the evidence of human impact on the environment continues to mount. Across the MIT community, scholars and students are working to understand, address, and reverse the negative effects of humanity’s footprint on the Earth. Prof. Fernandez is the Director of MIT’s Environmental Solutions Initiative, which seeks to accelerate environmental solutions across three vital domains; Climate Science and Earth Systems, Cities and Infrastructure, and Sustainable Production and Consumption.

    History has shown that effective solutions to challenging environmental problems nearly always depend on multiple disciplines. To advance a durable, sustainable relationship between humans and the environment, we require contributions not only from science, engineering, and technology but also from the humanities, arts, economics, history, architecture, urban planning, management, policy, and more. MIT’s exceptional strength in all of these areas is matched by our proficiency, born of long experience, in bridging them. Prof. Fernandez will highlight the many opportunities that are now arising from the enormous endeavor to secure a sustainable future through societal transformation.
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    Humanity’s past actions and current behaviors have resulted in dramatic damage to people and nature, and pose huge risks for our planet’s future. From declining fisheries to acute urban pollution to record-breaking global temperatures, the evidence of human impact on the environment continues to mount. Across the MIT community, scholars and students are working to understand, address, and reverse the negative effects of humanity’s footprint on the Earth. Prof. Fernandez is the Director of MIT’s Environmental Solutions Initiative, which seeks to accelerate environmental solutions across three vital domains; Climate Science and Earth Systems, Cities and Infrastructure, and Sustainable Production and Consumption.

    History has shown that effective solutions to challenging environmental problems nearly always depend on multiple disciplines. To advance a durable, sustainable relationship between humans and the environment, we require contributions not only from science, engineering, and technology but also from the humanities, arts, economics, history, architecture, urban planning, management, policy, and more. MIT’s exceptional strength in all of these areas is matched by our proficiency, born of long experience, in bridging them. Prof. Fernandez will highlight the many opportunities that are now arising from the enormous endeavor to secure a sustainable future through societal transformation.
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