Posts
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Let’s Build a Train From Brooklyn to Queens and Someday to the Bronx
Let’s build that interborough train line and once it’s up and running, build a second phase to the Bronx.
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Can We Feed Billions of Ourselves Without Wrecking the Planet?
A new Earth Institute primer lays out the basics of achieving sustainable agriculture on a global scale.
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Clearing the Air: Decarbonization Technologies Take a Giant Step Forward
Research from Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory is being used to pull CO2 out of the air.
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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.
