State of the Planet

News from the Columbia Climate School

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  • Finding Community in New York City’s Energy Scene

    Finding Community in New York City’s Energy Scene

    A student at the School of International and Public Affairs was pleasantly surprised by the range of attendees at a recent Young Professionals in Energy event in New York City.

  • How Climate Services Can Support Ecosystem Restoration

    How Climate Services Can Support Ecosystem Restoration

    Tools that are already being used to support climate-smart agriculture could help to build resiliency in restored ecosystems.

  • Student Spotlight: Christine Ow

    Student Spotlight: Christine Ow

    After she graduates from the Environmental Science and Policy program in May, Ow will work at the intersection of water and technology.

  • The Truth About Gas Stoves

    The Truth About Gas Stoves

    Concerns have arisen gas stoves and their impacts on indoor air pollution and children’s health. What does the science show, and why are we only hearing about this now?

  • 5 Questions With a Scientist and Student Researching Carbon Storage

    5 Questions With a Scientist and Student Researching Carbon Storage

    Environmental scientist Martin Stute and Barnard student Grace Brown discuss their project studying the potential for a rock formation in Oman to store carbon dioxide.

  • Getting Sustainability Done in New York City

    Getting Sustainability Done in New York City

    Just in time for Earth Day, New York City has issued a new sustainability plan; Mayor Adams deserves enormous credit for empowering his team to develop and issue this plan and for deploying his political capital in support of practical, real-world-oriented sustainability planning, policy, programs, and management.

  • Land Subsidence in the Netherlands

    Land Subsidence in the Netherlands

    At a symposium on land subsidence, I learned about how the Dutch transformed their country so that about a quarter of it is below sea level and how they cope with it.

  • Harnessing the Ocean’s Power to Combat the Climate Crisis

    Harnessing the Ocean’s Power to Combat the Climate Crisis

    The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law is working to advance laws that facilitate safe and responsible ways of leveraging the ocean to remove carbon dioxide from the air.

  • A Leap Toward a Sustainable Earth: Q+A with Climate Expert Pierre Gentine

    A Leap Toward a Sustainable Earth: Q+A with Climate Expert Pierre Gentine

    As director of the Learning the Earth with Artificial Intelligence and Physics (LEAP) Center, Pierre Gentine is aiming to bring greater precision to climate modeling and innovative solutions to the climate crisis.

Overhead view of Columbia campus with text Columbia Climate School Class Day 2026: Congratulations Graduates

Congratulations to our Columbia Climate School Class of 2026 and all of our 2026 Columbia University graduates! Learn more about our May 15 Climate School Class Day celebration. 💙 #Columbia2026 #ColumbiaClimate2026

  • Finding Community in New York City’s Energy Scene

    Finding Community in New York City’s Energy Scene

    A student at the School of International and Public Affairs was pleasantly surprised by the range of attendees at a recent Young Professionals in Energy event in New York City.

  • How Climate Services Can Support Ecosystem Restoration

    How Climate Services Can Support Ecosystem Restoration

    Tools that are already being used to support climate-smart agriculture could help to build resiliency in restored ecosystems.

  • Student Spotlight: Christine Ow

    Student Spotlight: Christine Ow

    After she graduates from the Environmental Science and Policy program in May, Ow will work at the intersection of water and technology.

  • The Truth About Gas Stoves

    The Truth About Gas Stoves

    Concerns have arisen gas stoves and their impacts on indoor air pollution and children’s health. What does the science show, and why are we only hearing about this now?

  • 5 Questions With a Scientist and Student Researching Carbon Storage

    5 Questions With a Scientist and Student Researching Carbon Storage

    Environmental scientist Martin Stute and Barnard student Grace Brown discuss their project studying the potential for a rock formation in Oman to store carbon dioxide.

  • Getting Sustainability Done in New York City

    Getting Sustainability Done in New York City

    Just in time for Earth Day, New York City has issued a new sustainability plan; Mayor Adams deserves enormous credit for empowering his team to develop and issue this plan and for deploying his political capital in support of practical, real-world-oriented sustainability planning, policy, programs, and management.

  • Land Subsidence in the Netherlands

    Land Subsidence in the Netherlands

    At a symposium on land subsidence, I learned about how the Dutch transformed their country so that about a quarter of it is below sea level and how they cope with it.

  • Harnessing the Ocean’s Power to Combat the Climate Crisis

    Harnessing the Ocean’s Power to Combat the Climate Crisis

    The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law is working to advance laws that facilitate safe and responsible ways of leveraging the ocean to remove carbon dioxide from the air.

  • A Leap Toward a Sustainable Earth: Q+A with Climate Expert Pierre Gentine

    A Leap Toward a Sustainable Earth: Q+A with Climate Expert Pierre Gentine

    As director of the Learning the Earth with Artificial Intelligence and Physics (LEAP) Center, Pierre Gentine is aiming to bring greater precision to climate modeling and innovative solutions to the climate crisis.