Wind turbine

Impact: Climate & Sustainability

Aiding a climate in crisis

Of the time-sensitive issues facing the world today, it is most critical to address the planet’s new climate reality and dwindling natural resources before it is too late. Driven by this urgency to translate their academic work into impact, MISTI students gain direct experience tackling these issues on a global scale. Working with our international partners on projects from designing sustainable cities to developing fog-harvesting technology that provides clean water, students contribute to solutions commensurate with the scale of these challenges.

Santiago Reyes Internship in Mumbai

Student Story: Santiago Fernandez Reyes

Santiago Fernandez Reyes explores sustainable cities with World Resources Institute in Mumbai, India

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MISTI Activities and Greenhouse Gas Emmissions

MISTI’s mission is to empower MIT students and faculty to advance knowledge and solve the world’s great challenges.

Manya Ranjan SM ‘10 of Sterlite Power and the MISTI Career Conversations: Energy cohort

News

MISTI pilots conversations in energy

Reviving the Great Barrier Reef

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Become a MISTI partner

Learn more
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From hosting a student at your organization to funding an opportunity directly, you can help MISTI make an impact!

MISTI Impact Areas

Funds can be focused on a specific impact area; Artificial Intelligence, Climate and Sustainability, Health, and Social Impact; or cross-impact area.

Yijun Yang in a white lab coat and safety glasses in a lab in France
Derek Allmond in a grey cap and a yellow safety vest in a luscious green forest with a stream to the left of him as he hold one piece of paper in his hand

Internships

  • A $10,000 gift would create an opportunity for at least one student.
  • A $100,000 gift would create opportunities for at least ten students.
  • A major gift commitment of $500,000 over five years would fund ten students per year for five years.


 

Give to the MISTI Impact Areas via our Global Experience Fund
Professor Brad Olsen in a baseball cap looking at a tree, students from MIT and MUSA, surrounding him in the Amazon
MIT Students in winter jackets standing in two rows by a river on a cloudy day in front of a barren tree with bicycles to the right and one to the left in Amsterdam

Global Classroom

Global Classroom (Faculty-Led Programs)

  • A $50,000 gift would enable us to fund at least 1 program for 10 students.
  • A $250,000 gift would enable us to fund at least 5 faculty-led projects for 50 students.


 

Give to the MISTI Impact Areas via our Global Experience Fund