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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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- Thursday, October 1, 2026 6:10 PM – 8:00 PM Where: International Affairs Building, 420 W. 118 St., New York, NY 10027 Description: Natural Resources, Development, and Brazil’s Place in the Global Economy Daniela Campello | Columbia University Event Description: Taking a Global South perspective, this session uses Brazil as a case study to examine the political and economic consequences of globalization […]
- Wednesday, September 30, 2026 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Where: Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 Description: A MPG/SGT seminar presentation by Dr. Anna Ledeczi from MPG. Title: Megathrust revealed: Structure and properties of a Cascadia plate boundary fault zone in the Olympic Subduction Complex Abstract: Exhumed accretionary complexes provide a window into the architecture of the subduction […]
- Tuesday, September 29, 2026 5:30 PM – Tue , November 10, 2026 7:40 PM Where: Online Description: Registration closed. This workshop is not running in Fall 2026. Join our mailing list or email us at execed@climate.columbia.edu to hear about future workshops and other open enrollment opportunities from the Columbia Climate School. Workshop Fees: $2,000 for the 15-hour workshop Description: Contact: […]
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Media Highlights
- Jeffrey Shaman is a professor and the senior vice dean in the Columbia Climate School and a professor of environmental health sciences in the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health.
- It is sobering that some of the most significant progress this year wasn’t because the United Nations took action, but because of the Iran war, said Gernot Wagner, an economist at Columbia Business School….
- When Jeffrey Shaman, a climatologist at Columbia Climate School, heard the phrase “super El Niño” for the first time earlier this year, he said, “I literally googled it.”…
And we are in 2026. And how many if any of these grand proposals are in progress?