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Join Columbia Climate School at Climate Week 2026

The Climate School is excited to again serve as Climate Group’s education partner and host a full lineup of events on and off campus throughout the week.

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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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Interactives & Explainers

Interactive: The Heezen–Tharp World Ocean Floor Map

You Asked: What Exactly Is a ‘Super’ El Niño?

Upcoming Events

• Mind the Gap: How States Can Advance Carbon Dioxide Removal
  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 […]
• Geodynamics Seminar- Tanner Acquisto
  Monday, September 21, 2026 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Where: Seismology Building, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 Description: Tanner Acquisto, LDEO, presents: Using seismic data to resolve short-wavelength variability in hydration, deformation, and physical properties across the NW Guerrero Gap, Mexico Contact: Kate Scholz
• The City as Commons: Reimagining Climate Justice
  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 […]

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Media Highlights

• ‘Super’ El Niño Is Now a Near Certainty. Here Are 5 Side Effects You May Not Know About
  September 10, 2026
  “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 […]
• We Are Not Ready for El Niño — Here’s How We Can Be
  September 10, 2026
  Op-ed Jeff Schlegelmilch.
• For Many New Yorkers, Home Is No Escape From the Heat
  September 9, 2026
  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….