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Columbia Climate School is bringing bold ideas, leading experts, and groundbreaking research to Climate Week NYC. Explore our events, stories, and updates as we help shape the conversation on climate action across New York City.
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Upcoming Events
- Monday, September 21, 2026 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Where: Used as a replacement when the owner of a public location used by others deletes the location Description: Global Rise: Stories for the Future and Climate Film Festival invite you to the third and final gathering in our series for imagining new stories to illuminate climate justice in New York […]
- Monday, September 21, 2026 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Where: New York City Bar Association, 42 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036 Description: Mind the Gap: How States Can Advance Carbon Dioxide Removal Despite Federal Backsliding Flyer Event Logistics: September 21, 2-3pm (light refreshments will be served) Venue: Stimson Room, NYC Bar Association, 42 W. 44th St, New York […]
- Monday, September 21, 2026 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Where: Seismology Building, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 Description: Peter Kelemen, LDEO, presents: Mission Creep: Seven days of off trail hiking and mountaineering to access five days of field work in the North Cascades Contact: Kate Scholz
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heat emission into space may only rise if the underlying temperature of the emitting body has increased?
That would be a violation of the gas laws…
Media Highlights
- “Now is the time to get ready,” said said Dr. Jeffrey Shaman, senior vice dean and professor at the Columbia Climate School. … Energy volatility…The picture is “similarly tight” when it comes to energy, said […]
- Op-ed Jeff Schlegelmilch.
- Climate projections suggest New York summers could be 4 to 6 degrees Fahrenheit hotter by mid-century and up to 10 degrees hotter by the 2080s, said Daniel Bader, with Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory….


















I think N2 and O2 must be mostly transparent to IR radiation, while CO2 is not. It will capture the…