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Study Maps Urban Heat Islands With Focus on Environmental Justice
A new collaborative project is heat-mapping parts of New York City with a focus on improving health outcomes and addressing long-standing environmental justice issues.
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Meet Sophie Johnson From Columbia Climate School’s Inaugural Class
With a background in artificial intelligence, she wants to explore how to utilize computational tools to study and communicate climate science.
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How to Prevent a Flood Disaster: Using Law and Policy to Systematically Reduce Risk
Experts brainstormed legal ways to adapt to sea level rise at Columbia Climate School’s Managed Retreat conference.
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Exxon Beware – Students and a Senator Vow to Demolish Climate Inertia
A cross-generational brainstorm on ways to break fossil-fueled blockades to climate action. Spread care, call out the culpable, price pollution.
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A New Dataset Could Aid Climate Justice Research
Researchers have combined information about social vulnerability with data on mortgages, evictions, and threats from climate change. The new dataset will be freely available to other researchers.
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Can Virtual Reality Save the Planet?
Architect Vanessa Keith’s VR world “2100” imagines cities of the future employing emerging tech to cope with the climate crisis.
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New Way of Analyzing Tree Rings Confirms Unprecedented Central Asia Warming
Researchers have reconstructed temperatures in Mongolia all the way back to 1269 C.E., showing that recent temperatures are the warmest the region has seen in eight centuries.
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Meet Julie Souza From Columbia Climate School’s Inaugural Class
She’s studying climate through a lens of intersecting social and environmental issues.
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When “Code Red” Climate Risk Meets Political Risk, Which Prevails? A Chat with Ian Bremmer
A conversation on the new UN climate-panel warning with a top analyst of the politics of global risk – and a bonus roundtable with IPCC scientists.
COP31, the 2026 United Nations Climate Change Conference, aims to advance dialogue, strengthen consensus, and accelerate climate action on a global scale. From November 9–20, 2026 in Antalya, Türkiye, heads of state, ministers, scientists, business leaders, and civil society will gather to advance efforts in emission targets, climate finance, and adaptation and resilience. Once again, our experts, students, and global thought leaders from Columbia Climate School and across Columbia University are contributing to key events, sharing insights, and helping shape the dialogue toward ambitious, science-based solutions. Learn More
