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New Report Urges Caution in the Race for Space-Based Data Centers
The report warns that space-based data centers are likely to become a reality within the next few years—well before the risks of large-scale deployment can be fully understood.
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COP31, the 2026 United Nations Climate Change Conference, aims to advance dialogue, strengthen consensus, and accelerate climate action on a global scale. From November 9–20, 2026 in Antalya, Türkiye, heads of state, ministers, scientists, business leaders, and civil society will gather to advance efforts in emission targets, climate finance, and adaptation and resilience. Once again, our experts, students, and global thought leaders from Columbia Climate School and across Columbia University are contributing to key events, sharing insights, and helping shape the dialogue toward ambitious, science-based solutions. Learn More
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- Monday, November 16, 2026 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Where: Fayerweather Hall, 1180 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10027 Description: How do we bring previously disparate ways of knowing, Indigenous Knowledge and “Western” or mainstream science, into right relationship with one another for mutual thriving of land and culture? At a time of accelerating environmental change and complex, overlapping challenges, […]
- Monday, November 16, 2026 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Where: Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 Description: Biology and Paleo Environment Weekly Seminar Series – Abstract and Title to come Contact: Annika Gomez
- Saturday, November 14, 2026 5:00 AM – 6:00 AM — Local timeSaturday, November 14, 2026 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM — Where: Off-campus Description: From Climate Ambition to Implementation: Financing the Systems That Deliver Climate finance debates usually start with the money: how much, from whom, and through which instrument. But much of what the transition requires cannot be financed […]
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- “This bill would certainly be the biggest change to environmental permitting in decades,” said Michael Gerrard, director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia. …
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- “Last year in Brazil, a focus was on adaptation and helping vulnerable countries and communities pay for and manage the consequences of climate change. I would like to see COP31 be a place where we […]
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