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• How Sustainability Is Transforming the World of Management
  Monday, April 6, 2026 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Where: Low Library, 535 W. 116 St., New York, NY 10027 Description: The Path from Innovation to Routine Book Launch Event! Join us on April 6 in Low Library for the spring 2026 launch of the book Sustainability Metrics and Management: The Path from Innovation to Routine by Steven Cohen, William Eimicke, and […]
• Connecting Sustainable Fashion Initiatives Across Universities
  Thursday, April 2, 2026 4:40 PM – 7:00 PM Where: The Forum at Columbia University, 601 W. 125th St., New York, NY 10027 Description: Join us this Earth Month to explore how NYC-area universities are driving sustainable fashion through education, collaboration, and action. Connecting Sustainable Fashion Initiatives Across Universities brings together faculty, staff, students, and university-based programs from across the […]
• Professional Learning Workshop: Climate and Disaster Risk Management
  Wednesday, March 25, 2026 5:30 PM – Wed , May 6, 2026 7:40 PM Where: Online Event Description: Schedule: (VIRTUAL) Wednesday evenings, March 25 – May 6, 2026. Session 1 will be 2 hours in length. All other sessions will run for 2 hours and 10 minutes. Session 1: March 25, 5:30-7:30 pm ET Session 2: April 1, 5:30-7:40 pm […]

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   Thank you for this piece; it’s so very alarming. My grandfather was born in Villacarillo in the province of Jaen…

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   Well done Anuka!! We are proud of you.

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   We can help by NOT POLLUTING THE AIR………… HELP THE EARTH

Media Highlights

• State Legislature Warming to Hochul’s Proposed Climate Act Changes
  March 29, 2026
  That goal is in the distant future, which lets current policymakers “completely off the hook,” said Michael Gerrard, the founder and faculty director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University.
• Africa Is Hurting Again From a Global Crisis It Had No Part in Starting
  March 28, 2026
  “If the conflict persists for another month or two, honestly, we’re going to be in unknown terrain, that no one else, like, no one can really predict, and we just have to wait and see,” […]
• Trump Administration Seeks Endangered Species Act Exemption for Oil, Gas Projects in Gulf
  March 26, 2026
  “I think this is mostly about messaging because drilling new offshore oil and gas wells takes years,” said Michael Gerrard, director of the Columbia University’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. “It’s not clear whether […]