Agriculture
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Applications Open: Virtual Executive Training on Sustainable Investments in Agriculture
The interdisciplinary program provides an overview of pressing issues related to agricultural investments, as well as an introduction to relevant practical skills.
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One Climate and Society Student’s Journey of Resilience
In South Sudan and Uganda, Anyieth Philip Ayuen experienced the devastating effects of natural disasters firsthand. At the Climate School, he hopes to learn how to fight the global climate crisis through disaster management, sustainable agriculture and renewable resources.
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Rising Wheat Prices and Unprecedented Demonstrations: Pakistani Protestors Demand Autonomy
Since January, thousands of protestors in Gilgit-Baltistan, a glaciated region of northern Pakistan, have been demanding a restoration of a recently revoked wheat subsidy in a push for political autonomy and economic justice.
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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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Applications Now Open: 2023 Virtual Executive Training on Sustainable Investments in Agriculture
The virtual training in May will provide an overview of pressing issues related to agricultural investments and introduce practical skills.
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Aarti Arora: Connecting Agriculture, Climate, and Social Vulnerability
A soon-to-be graduate of the Columbia Climate School, Arora will spend the summer interning at NASA.
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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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At UN Food Systems Summit, Did Business Show It Is Serious About Addressing the Crises Facing Global Food Systems?
While pledges were made, they did not meet the moment.
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Climate & Water in a Changing Africa: Uncertainty, Adaptation & the Social Construction of Fragile Environments
A special issue for the journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences examines water (in)security in Africa in an age of global climate change.
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“
