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Can New Technology Incentivize Farmers to Capture Carbon in Their Soil?
Remote imaging has the potential to streamline how farmers measure the amount carbon in their soil — historically a major hurdle for farmers hoping to earn money by offsetting CO2 emissions.
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Food Systems Offer Huge Opportunities to Cut Emissions, Study Finds
Researchers drilling into the many moving parts of food systems say that greenhouse-gas emissions have been systematically underestimated.
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Columbia Institute to Be Key Partner in New World Bank-funded Climate Resilience Project
The Accelerating the Impact of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa project will help farmers anticipate and prepare for destructive climate-related events.
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Video: From Farm to Training in Bangladesh
A project that gives farmers access to climate information can help them implement management strategies that protect their fish and other crops.
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What Climate Change Adaptation Programs in Peru Are Missing: Indigenous Women’s Knowledge
A number of development programs in the high Andes involve Indigenous men but exclude women herders, preventing the potentially vital exchange of knowledge.
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Report: 2020-2021 Highlights from the ACToday Columbia World Project
The project remains focused on its goal of combating hunger by increasing climate knowledge in six countries.
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11 Ways the Biden Administration Could Reduce Emissions From the Food System
As the president’s April 22 climate summit draws near, the federal action plan should focus on the enormous opportunities for emissions reductions in the food system.
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Avoiding a Bitter End for Coffee From Climate Change
Students were looking for a link between climate stressors and coffee yield, but instead they found a complicated political relationship.
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Combining Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge Enhances Fire Management in the Sahel
A less predictable climate is undermining traditional decision-making around controlled burns in the Sahel. Columbia’s ACToday project is forging connections to enhance these communities’ resilience to the changing climate.
By studying thousands of buildings and analyzing their electricity use, Columbia Climate School Dean Alexis Abramson has been able to uncover ways to significantly cut energy consumption and emissions. Watch the Video: “Engineering a Cooler Future Through Smarter Buildings“
