2024
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Year in Review: Our Top Stories of 2024
In case you missed it: Check out this past year’s top stories, videos, research highlights and more.
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Reflecting on COP29 and the Need for Radical Collaboration
The author discusses the essential role of culture in fighting climate change.
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Columbia Climate School Delegates Reflect on COP29
Climate School faculty traveled to Baku, Azerbaijan, for this year’s U.N. Climate Change Conference. In this Q&A, they share their experiences at the annual conference.
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Tips for a Greener Holiday
By making small changes to how we celebrate and gather with loved ones, we can minimize our environmental footprints during the holidays.
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Climate School Expands Faculty
Vijay Modi, Dan Steingart and Alan West will join Climate School faculty in 2025.
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Columbia Climate School Hosts Ninth Annual Sustainability Careers Reception
Thirty-three sustainability professionals and 88 Columbia students from varying backgrounds and degree pursuits gathered to discuss the ever-pressing challenges and real-world applications of sustainability and climate.
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Learning From History To Help Guide the Future of NYC’s Crucial Watershed
While persistent drought conditions threaten the NYC water supply, Columbia students prepare to step up to the challenge.
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Improving U.S. Coastal Protection and Resilience
How can the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers work with communities and agencies to create more effective coastal protection projects?
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Glacier Melt Leads to Redrawing of the Italian-Swiss Border
Italy and Switzerland redrew a small section of their Alps boundary in response to melting glaciers shifting the geographic features.
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
