Showcasing advances and building community in modeling for sustainability

Noelle E Selin^{1

2}, Amanda Giang^{3

4}, William C Clark⁵

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139.
² Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139.
³ Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
⁴ Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
⁵ John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.

Noelle E Selin et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024.

. 2024 Jul 16;121(29):e2215689121.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.2215689121. Epub 2024 Jul 8.

Noelle E Selin^{1

2}, Amanda Giang^{3

4}, William C Clark⁵

¹ Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139.
² Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139.
³ Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
⁴ Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
⁵ John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests statement:The authors declare no competing interest.

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