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Building Climate Resilience Through Insurance Incentives

How can insurance drive smarter resilience investments? A group of M.A. in Climate and Society students aimed to find out.
Will New Areas Uncovered by Glacier Melt Boost Swiss Hydropower and Clean Energy Goals?

A Swiss government report reveals that efforts to locate major hydropower resources on land exposed by glacier retreat are entangled with ecological and legal challenges.
Bridging the Gap: How AI Can Help—or Hinder—the SDGs

The issue is no longer whether AI matters for sustainable development, but how to apply it in ways that decrease costs, expand access, improve decision-making and avoid further deepening inequality.
A Blueprint for Survival: New EAT-Lancet Report Is a Sustainable Food Systems Roadmap

The much-anticipated second EAT-Lancet Commission on Healthy, Sustainable and Just Food Systems has been released, building on the landmark 2019 report that first defined the Planetary Health Diet.
Columbia Climate School’s Global Impact Scholars Confront Urgent, Real-World Problems

Faculty and students worked together on ideas for climate solutions, which were then presented at the Climate School showcase as part of Climate Week NYC.
Ripple Effects: Water, Youth and Climate Action

The Columbia Climate School will host the Ripple Effects: Water in a Warming World pre-college virtual workshop in fall 2025.
How Sustainable Are Reusable Cups? A New Tool Aims to Find Out

Columbia Climate School and Closed Loop Partners developed a novel impact assessment tool to calculate the carbon emissions and cost implications of a wide range of single-use and reusable packaging designs.
In Nepal, Scientists and Spiritual Leaders Honor a Dying Glacier

Buddhist monks and scientific researchers came together to commemorate the disappearing Yala Glacier and to raise awareness about glacial loss in the Himalayas.
Why Is Modeling Climate More Complex Than Forecasting Weather?

Climate models must simulate many overlapping systems to predict or project future climate.

Building Climate Resilience Through Insurance Incentives

How can insurance drive smarter resilience investments? A group of M.A. in Climate and Society students aimed to find out.
Will New Areas Uncovered by Glacier Melt Boost Swiss Hydropower and Clean Energy Goals?

A Swiss government report reveals that efforts to locate major hydropower resources on land exposed by glacier retreat are entangled with ecological and legal challenges.
Bridging the Gap: How AI Can Help—or Hinder—the SDGs

The issue is no longer whether AI matters for sustainable development, but how to apply it in ways that decrease costs, expand access, improve decision-making and avoid further deepening inequality.
A Blueprint for Survival: New EAT-Lancet Report Is a Sustainable Food Systems Roadmap

The much-anticipated second EAT-Lancet Commission on Healthy, Sustainable and Just Food Systems has been released, building on the landmark 2019 report that first defined the Planetary Health Diet.
Columbia Climate School’s Global Impact Scholars Confront Urgent, Real-World Problems

Faculty and students worked together on ideas for climate solutions, which were then presented at the Climate School showcase as part of Climate Week NYC.
Ripple Effects: Water, Youth and Climate Action

The Columbia Climate School will host the Ripple Effects: Water in a Warming World pre-college virtual workshop in fall 2025.
How Sustainable Are Reusable Cups? A New Tool Aims to Find Out

Columbia Climate School and Closed Loop Partners developed a novel impact assessment tool to calculate the carbon emissions and cost implications of a wide range of single-use and reusable packaging designs.
In Nepal, Scientists and Spiritual Leaders Honor a Dying Glacier

Buddhist monks and scientific researchers came together to commemorate the disappearing Yala Glacier and to raise awareness about glacial loss in the Himalayas.
Why Is Modeling Climate More Complex Than Forecasting Weather?

Climate models must simulate many overlapping systems to predict or project future climate.