Energy
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Columbia Climate School Hosts City Leaders to Address Energy Affordability and Climate Action
Sustainability leaders from Ann Arbor, Atlanta and NYC shared the ways they are working at the local level to improve energy efficiency and reduce costs, while also reflecting on the challenges they face.
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This Stanley Park Fellow Is Studying Climate Finance To Help Guide Chile’s Energy Transition
M.S. in Climate Finance student Martín Urrutia Illanes combines engineering, renewable energy development and financial analysis to address Chile’s climate challenges.
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Mining is Essential. It Doesn’t Have to be Wasteful.
Greeshma Gadikota is developing a wide range of new approaches for sustainably acquiring and refining the raw inputs that become hardware and energy.
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Unused Natural Gas Behind NYC’s $300 Million Waste of a Potent Greenhouse Gas
New research may offer cities an overlooked pathway for reducing methane emissions while potentially saving consumers millions of dollars lost to wasted natural gas.
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Climate Finance Student Guy Ningabo Believes Better Impact Finance Can Transform Renewable Energy in Africa
Born and raised in Burundi, East Africa, Ningabo is one of three recipients of the prestigious Stanley Park Climate Finance Scholarship for the M.S. in Climate Finance. He shares more about his journey and what keeps him motivated.
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Yan Yao Joins Columbia Climate School and Columbia Engineering to Advance Next-Generation Energy Storage
Yao’s arrival advances the university’s shared mission to develop innovative solutions at the intersection of energy, sustainability and the environment.
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The Future of Climate Finance
Climate economist Gernot Wagner argues public climate finance should de-risk private investment, fund adaptation for vulnerable countries and help multilateral development banks scale proven climate technologies faster.
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The Case for Decarbonizing Singapore’s Data Center Boom Using Geothermal Resources
Data centers are straining Singapore’s limited clean energy supply, but a proposed Sumatra–Singapore grid interconnection could help solve the problem.
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Puerto Rico’s Energy Future: Is Gas the Only Option?
Some experts and advocates say the government’s push for liquefied natural gas is standing in the way of renewable energy goals.
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