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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
- Wednesday, September 23, 2026 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM Where: Buell Hall, 515 W. 116 St., New York, NY 10027 Description: Can international policymaking still play a significant role in addressing the climate crisis? Laurence Tubiana, Dean of the Paris Climate School at Sciences Po and a primary architect of the Paris Agreement, joins Alexis Abramson, Dean of the Columbia […]
- Wednesday, September 23, 2026 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM Where: Mudd Hall, 500 W. 120 St., New York, NY 10027 Description: This annual symposium will convene thought leaders and showcase the four central pillars of Gotham Foundry, from leading-edge regenerative material innovation and translation, workforce training, industry engagement to democratizing access to the materials innovation ecosystem. The Gotham Foundry, established […]
- Tuesday, September 22, 2026 1:30 PM – Thu , September 24, 2026 4:30 PM Where: Teachers College Columbia University, 525 W. 120 St., New York, NY 10027 Description: Sponsored by Teachers College at Columbia University. Click Here To Register Join Columbia Climate School’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness, sponsored by Teachers College, from September 22nd to 24th, 2026, for a multi-day summit focused […]
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Media Highlights
- Researchers from Columbia Climate School’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and other institutions examined what could happen if New York continued its existing planting patterns. … But when it meets nitrogen oxides released by vehicles, buildings and […]
- “We expected winter heating to dominate methane emissions, but the summertime signal showed us that we need to be tracking these emissions year-round,” said co-author Róisín Commane, Associate Professor in Columbia’s Department of Earth and […]
- When Zoey Yiyuan Zhou first heard the news that the Trump administration was shuttering the embassy air quality monitoring, it struck her as a research opportunity. “It’s such a rare case to study this drawback,” […]



















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