On July 1, Jeffrey Shaman will become interim dean of the Climate School, continuing the work of co-deans Alex Halliday, Jason Bordoff, Ruth DeFries, and Maureen Raymo, climate leaders who built the School’s strong foundation.
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Lee C. Bollinger
|May 24, 2023
Inspired by Bash the Trash, kids had a chance to make musical instruments out of reusable materials, then perform in a parade.
The legal structure of American environmental protection persists because environmental protection has been added to the fundamental and irreducible function of government: to protect people from harm.
A revamped map lets you zoom in to check the climate, weather, and geological hazards in your own backyard and then learn how to protect yourself.
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Emily Halnon
|May 19, 2023
On May 4, the Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development hosted the spring 2023 Workshop Briefings, where upperclassmen presented the deliverables they spent the semester working on with their clients. The Workshop in Sustainable Development allows undergraduate sustainable development majors and special concentrators to bridge the theoretical knowledge they have gained through their coursework in the… read more
An easy-to-use flood planning tool visualizes building footprint data for nearly all New York State, except New York City.
The deadline to apply is June 1 at 11:55pm.
Congratulations, graduates!
A soon-to-be graduate of the M.A. in Climate and Society program discusses his roundabout journey to climate science and politics.
When she came to Columbia, she started a research project on hurricanes that she thought would last a year. More than 20 years later, hurricanes are still her main area of interest.
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Frederique Fyhr
|May 16, 2023