State of the Planet

News from the Columbia Climate School

Author: Sarah Tweedie5


  • MPA ESP Alumni Discuss Success After Graduation

    MPA ESP Alumni Discuss Success After Graduation

    As the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy Class of 2015 starts their second semester of courses, we invite you to learn more about the 682 alumni of the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program.

  • MPA Program: Apply Now for Fellowship Opportunities

    MPA Program: Apply Now for Fellowship Opportunities

    The early decision deadline to apply for the Master of Public Administration (MPA) in Environmental Science and Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs is approaching on November 1. By submitting your application for our early decision deadline, you will be considered for a prestigious Environmental Sustainability Fellows award, so start your…

  • Faculty Profile: Robert Cook

    Faculty Profile: Robert Cook

    For Robert Cook, an adjunct professor in the MPA in Environmental Science program, teaching allows him to share his unique experiences in veterinary medicine and conservation research with students as they delve into public policy legislation in the Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Management.

  • MPA Students Explore Urban Parks

    MPA Students Explore Urban Parks

    During the second half of the summer semester for Columbia University’s MPA class in Environmental Science and Policy program, the students extended their classroom learning on urban ecology to outdoor field trips in Brooklyn and the Bronx to focus on how restorations of wetlands, forests, and rivers are changing the city.

  • MPA Alum Focuses on Energy Planning and Compliance

    MPA Alum Focuses on Energy Planning and Compliance

    MPA in Environmental Science and Policy alum, Joseph Daniel (’12), is using the skills he developed in the program to give insight into the issues his clients at Synapse Energy Economics are struggling with in an effort to help them resolve issues in the most optimal way possible. Daniel joined the program in 2011 with…

  • MPA Alum Serves as EDF Climate Fellow

    MPA Alum Serves as EDF Climate Fellow

    MPA in Environmental Science and Policy alum, Olin Berger (’14) is putting his degree to use this summer as a member of the Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps in Chicago, Illinois. Olin is working to analyze energy efficiency projects for high rise office buildings in downtown Chicago.

  • MPA Students Discover the Gowanus Canal and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

    MPA Students Discover the Gowanus Canal and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

    The students in the newest MPA in Environmental Science and Policy cohort have spent the summer semester focusing on climatology, environmental chemistry, and ecology while supplementing classroom learning with field trips around New York. The field trips allow the 60 students to look at classroom topics in a real-world context.

  • MPA in Environmental Science and Policy Welcomes Class of 2015

    MPA in Environmental Science and Policy Welcomes Class of 2015

    The newest of class of students in the Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy program have arrived on the Columbia campus. Following their orientation on May 27, the students began their summer schedule full of science courses.

  • MPA Alum Focuses on Disaster Response and Recovery

    MPA Alum Focuses on Disaster Response and Recovery

    MPA in Environmental Science and Policy alum Maham Ahmed (’13) is combining her undergraduate degree in Environmental Science with her new MPA degree while serving as a Presidential Management Fellow at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Washington D.C. Maham hopes to bring change to disaster response and recovery for future generations.

  • MPA ESP Alumni Discuss Success After Graduation

    MPA ESP Alumni Discuss Success After Graduation

    As the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy Class of 2015 starts their second semester of courses, we invite you to learn more about the 682 alumni of the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program.

  • MPA Program: Apply Now for Fellowship Opportunities

    MPA Program: Apply Now for Fellowship Opportunities

    The early decision deadline to apply for the Master of Public Administration (MPA) in Environmental Science and Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs is approaching on November 1. By submitting your application for our early decision deadline, you will be considered for a prestigious Environmental Sustainability Fellows award, so start your…

  • Faculty Profile: Robert Cook

    Faculty Profile: Robert Cook

    For Robert Cook, an adjunct professor in the MPA in Environmental Science program, teaching allows him to share his unique experiences in veterinary medicine and conservation research with students as they delve into public policy legislation in the Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Management.

  • MPA Students Explore Urban Parks

    MPA Students Explore Urban Parks

    During the second half of the summer semester for Columbia University’s MPA class in Environmental Science and Policy program, the students extended their classroom learning on urban ecology to outdoor field trips in Brooklyn and the Bronx to focus on how restorations of wetlands, forests, and rivers are changing the city.

  • MPA Alum Focuses on Energy Planning and Compliance

    MPA Alum Focuses on Energy Planning and Compliance

    MPA in Environmental Science and Policy alum, Joseph Daniel (’12), is using the skills he developed in the program to give insight into the issues his clients at Synapse Energy Economics are struggling with in an effort to help them resolve issues in the most optimal way possible. Daniel joined the program in 2011 with…

  • MPA Alum Serves as EDF Climate Fellow

    MPA Alum Serves as EDF Climate Fellow

    MPA in Environmental Science and Policy alum, Olin Berger (’14) is putting his degree to use this summer as a member of the Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps in Chicago, Illinois. Olin is working to analyze energy efficiency projects for high rise office buildings in downtown Chicago.

  • MPA Students Discover the Gowanus Canal and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

    MPA Students Discover the Gowanus Canal and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

    The students in the newest MPA in Environmental Science and Policy cohort have spent the summer semester focusing on climatology, environmental chemistry, and ecology while supplementing classroom learning with field trips around New York. The field trips allow the 60 students to look at classroom topics in a real-world context.

  • MPA in Environmental Science and Policy Welcomes Class of 2015

    MPA in Environmental Science and Policy Welcomes Class of 2015

    The newest of class of students in the Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy program have arrived on the Columbia campus. Following their orientation on May 27, the students began their summer schedule full of science courses.

  • MPA Alum Focuses on Disaster Response and Recovery

    MPA Alum Focuses on Disaster Response and Recovery

    MPA in Environmental Science and Policy alum Maham Ahmed (’13) is combining her undergraduate degree in Environmental Science with her new MPA degree while serving as a Presidential Management Fellow at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Washington D.C. Maham hopes to bring change to disaster response and recovery for future generations.