Posts
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Penny Wise and Pound Foolish? NYC Budget Cuts Aggravated Flooding and Deaths
When drainage infrastructure isn’t maintained, even modest rainfall events can cause dangerous flooding.
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Glacier Blankets in Switzerland Highlight Global Disparities in Fighting Climate Change
Although geotextiles have helped to slow glacier melt in Switzerland, they are a climate change adaptation that’s not affordable or feasible in many developing countries.
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Could ‘Peace Speech’ Save the Planet?
A poet and social psychologist at the Columbia Climate School explore the power of language in conflict resolution, sustainability, and peace.
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Spring 2022 Internships With the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Applications will be accepted until January 15.
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EI LIVE K12: RSVP for Our Winter/Spring 2022 Sessions
Our popular video series for students, educators, and parents returns with an exciting lineup from January to June.
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The Pivot Toward Sustainability Finance
My hope is that even if a conservative American national government abdicated climate leadership once again, the market forces we saw in 2021 will be too deeply established to deter.
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Back to Bangladesh at Last
I am finally back in Bangladesh after a pandemic hiatus. I need to repair precision GPSs that failed over the last few years. They are measuring tectonic movements for earthquake hazard and land subsidence, which exacerbates sea level rise.
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A Dozen Things That Helped and Hurt Climate Progress in 2021
2021 may turn out to be the most critical year in our efforts to combat climate change. What things helped and what things hurt climate progress this year?
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Building an American Political Consensus Behind Environmental Sustainability
Economic modernization is how we can and hopefully will build an American political consensus behind environmental sustainability.
