Sustainability9
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Using Recycled Materials, Designer Jianhui Yan Is Creating Sustainable Fashion
An interview with fashion designer Jianhui Yan, who’s been making beautiful and eco-friendly apparel for almost two decades.
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Charting the Course for Innovations in Food Systems
A multi-session Climate Week event at Columbia included presentations, interactive activities, and panels on the most challenging and hopeful avenues for the future of food.
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The Arrival of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting
Standardized sustainability metrics are a crucial step in realizing the vision of sustainability management.
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Tackling Severe Air Pollution in Africa
An atmospheric scientist has been working to measure and mitigate a longtime health crisis afflicting much of the continent.
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Protecting Workers as We Shift to Electric Vehicles
A fair labor agreement needs to protect against layoffs, provide resources for training workers on the use of new technologies, and include some form of profit-sharing.
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Columbia Climate School Postdoctoral Research Program Now Accepting Applications for 2024
Doctoral candidates or recent Ph.D., M.D., J.D. or Sc.D. recipients interested in research on sustainable development can apply by November 1.
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Climate Week 2023 at Columbia Climate School
As the official university partner of this year’s Climate Week NYC, the Climate School has an exciting lineup of events planned for September 17-24.
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Predicting The Pace of the Transition to Environmental Sustainability
The size of the human population, the political demands globally for increased material consumption, and the finite resources we still draw from the earth will drive the transition to environmental sustainability.
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How to Adapt to Climate Change, and How Not To
Adapting to climate change might seem to be all to the good, but some adaptations have negative effects that must be weighed against the positives.
