State of the Planet

News from the Columbia Climate School

Tag: Center for Sustainable Urban Development4

  • Spring 2019 Earth Institute Internship Opportunities

    Spring 2019 Earth Institute Internship Opportunities

    A variety of undergraduate, graduate and PhD positions are available in various departments and research centers. Apply by January 31, 2019.

  • Elliott Sclar Named One of 2018’s ‘Responsible 100’

    Elliott Sclar Named One of 2018’s ‘Responsible 100’

    The award from City and State NY recognizes socially responsible executives, thought leaders, visionaries and influencers.

  • Fall 2018 Earth Institute Internship Opportunities

    Fall 2018 Earth Institute Internship Opportunities

    A variety of undergraduate, graduate and PhD positions are available in various departments and research centers. Apply by September 16, 2018.

  • New York City: a Learning Lab for Sustainable Transportation

    New York City: a Learning Lab for Sustainable Transportation

    In partnership with the Earth Institute’s Center for Sustainable Urban Development, the M.S. in Sustainability Management program has developed an exciting new inter-disciplinary course entitled Access, Innovation, and the Urban Transportation Transition. This class draws on a series of lectures, a case study approach and experiential learning in New York City.

  • Women Leaders Tackle the Urban Climate Challenge

    Women Leaders Tackle the Urban Climate Challenge

    Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, will join dozens of other leaders in government, business and the non-profit world at the Women4Climate conference at Columbia University on March 15.

  • How to Rethink Urban Transit, and Pay for It, Too

    How to Rethink Urban Transit, and Pay for It, Too

    “We have conflated mobility with access, but mobility is not the same as access. The best solution to a transportation problem is to not have to travel. The city itself was invented as a solution to a transportation problem. We have cities so we don’t have to travel.”

  • Map & App Help People Track Transit in Nairobi

    Map & App Help People Track Transit in Nairobi

    Commuters and others traveling in and around Nairobi often rely on an unofficial network of minibuses and minivans, called matatus, that have no centrally controlled schedules, fares or route plans. But a new application developed for use on cellphones with Google Maps can now help them find their way.

  • ‘This is a wake-up call – don’t hit the snooze button’

    ‘This is a wake-up call – don’t hit the snooze button’

    For years before Hurricane Sandy charged ashore on Monday, researchers from the Earth Institute knew what was coming. As the region struggles to recover from this “superstorm,” we asked some of them to consider the lessons we can learn as we move forward.

  • Spring 2019 Earth Institute Internship Opportunities

    Spring 2019 Earth Institute Internship Opportunities

    A variety of undergraduate, graduate and PhD positions are available in various departments and research centers. Apply by January 31, 2019.

  • Elliott Sclar Named One of 2018’s ‘Responsible 100’

    Elliott Sclar Named One of 2018’s ‘Responsible 100’

    The award from City and State NY recognizes socially responsible executives, thought leaders, visionaries and influencers.

  • Fall 2018 Earth Institute Internship Opportunities

    Fall 2018 Earth Institute Internship Opportunities

    A variety of undergraduate, graduate and PhD positions are available in various departments and research centers. Apply by September 16, 2018.

  • New York City: a Learning Lab for Sustainable Transportation

    New York City: a Learning Lab for Sustainable Transportation

    In partnership with the Earth Institute’s Center for Sustainable Urban Development, the M.S. in Sustainability Management program has developed an exciting new inter-disciplinary course entitled Access, Innovation, and the Urban Transportation Transition. This class draws on a series of lectures, a case study approach and experiential learning in New York City.

  • Women Leaders Tackle the Urban Climate Challenge

    Women Leaders Tackle the Urban Climate Challenge

    Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, will join dozens of other leaders in government, business and the non-profit world at the Women4Climate conference at Columbia University on March 15.

  • How to Rethink Urban Transit, and Pay for It, Too

    How to Rethink Urban Transit, and Pay for It, Too

    “We have conflated mobility with access, but mobility is not the same as access. The best solution to a transportation problem is to not have to travel. The city itself was invented as a solution to a transportation problem. We have cities so we don’t have to travel.”

  • Map & App Help People Track Transit in Nairobi

    Map & App Help People Track Transit in Nairobi

    Commuters and others traveling in and around Nairobi often rely on an unofficial network of minibuses and minivans, called matatus, that have no centrally controlled schedules, fares or route plans. But a new application developed for use on cellphones with Google Maps can now help them find their way.

  • ‘This is a wake-up call – don’t hit the snooze button’

    ‘This is a wake-up call – don’t hit the snooze button’

    For years before Hurricane Sandy charged ashore on Monday, researchers from the Earth Institute knew what was coming. As the region struggles to recover from this “superstorm,” we asked some of them to consider the lessons we can learn as we move forward.