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Understanding the SEC’s Proposed Climate Rules: Part 3
With the new guidelines, many companies will be challenged to quantify how their businesses will be impacted by climate change. Professor Satyajit Bose shares how his course will help sustainability professionals analyze and manage climate risks.
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How to Adapt to Climate Change, and How Not To
Adapting to climate change might seem to be all to the good, but some adaptations have negative effects that must be weighed against the positives.
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Repelling the Attack on Environmental, Social, Corporate Governance (ESG) Management
The attack on ESG must be repelled, and the best defense is results and improved organizational performance.
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Alumni Profile: Working With Labor Unions to Create a More Sustainable Future
Avalon Hoek Spaans, an alumnus of the Columbia Climate School’s Climate and Society program, is channeling their personal experience and education to build a more just and sustainable world within the U.S. workforce.
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Montana Young People Have Won a Key Climate Case. What That Means—So Far.
A roundup of perspective on the United States’ first constitutional climate case.
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Understanding the SEC’s Proposed Climate Rules: Part 2
Adjunct professor Taylor Pullins explains how his new course will help sustainability professionals navigate the complexities of this landmark regulatory change.
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Technology, Culture, Economics, and Politics
Technological change has been the largest stimulator of rapid cultural change over the past two centuries and will continue to be the major cause of social, economic, and political change.
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Climate Lawsuits Are On The Rise. This Is What They’re Based On.
A new report from the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and the United Nations says that climate litigation has more than doubled in the last five years, and is expected to continue to increase.
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Understanding the SEC’s Proposed Climate Rules: Part 1
Adjunct professor Carolyn Kim Allwin shares why she thinks the new rules would be transformational for sustainable investing, and how her course will help sustainability professionals navigate these new guidelines.
AGU25, the premier Earth and space science conference, takes place December 15-19, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. This year’s theme—Where Science Connects Us—puts in focus how science depends on connection, from the lab to the field to the ballot box. Once again, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Columbia Climate School scientists, experts, students, and educators are playing an active role, sharing our research and helping shape the future of our planet. #AGU25 Learn More
