Sustainability36
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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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RSVP for the Spring 2021 Earth Institute Research Showcase
Due to the global pandemic, students could not travel for research this year. However, that did not stop them from conducting impressive remote research.
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Tidal Communities Make Their Case for Shaping Resilient Coastal Futures
A recent conversation focused on three coastlines where Indigenous and Black communities are caught between rising seas and societal and development threats on land.
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Biden’s Climate Summit and the Practical Path to Decarbonization
Following four years of Trump’s climate denial, the Biden administration has gone all in and is starting to articulate a comprehensive climate policy.
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Michael Regan and the Reconstruction of the U.S. EPA
The next four years should undo the damage of the past four years and put America back on the path of effective environmental policy.
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How Universities Can Support Interdisciplinary Careers for Climate and Sustainability Progress
A webinar on March 17 will explore the issue in-depth.
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Pod of the Planet Ep. 14: Ask What Nature Can Do for You
Today we’re celebrating International Women’s Day with an interview with Professor Ruth DeFries on her new book, “What Would Nature Do? A Guide for Our Uncertain Times”
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Radhika Iyengar Tackles Educational Inequalities in Developing Countries
She’s fighting for access to education for some of India’s most marginalized groups, and finding creative ways to blur the line between schools and communities.
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Looking Back and Looking Ahead After a Year of Pandemic
Our human need for social interaction will influence our calculus and my hope is that when normal life resumes, we never again take it for granted.
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“
