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SESSION I: CLIMATE CHANGE – What Would It Take to Complete the Climate Deal?
Hans Vestberg reveals shocking stats Update | 8:48 a.m. Hans Vestberg, President and CEO, Ericsson takes the stage after Jeff Sachs and reveals some astounding statistics. Today, 4.6 people have mobile phones. Half a billion people have broadband. On the Chinese New Year 23 billion SMS were sent. In the upcoming years it’s predicted that…
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State of the Planet 2010: Join the Global Conversation
What is the current state of the planet? How do we move forward on a global climate deal? On March 25, The Earth Institute, Columbia University; The Economist; and Ericsson will bring together some of the world’s most influential thinkers to propose innovative solutions to these and other critical questions at our biennial State of…
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University Joins ‘Synthetic Tree’ Venture
Devices Would Pull Carbon From Air
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El Niño and a Pathogen Killed Costa Rican Toad, Study Finds
Challenges Evidence That Global Warming Was the Cause
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Economist says climate change countermeasures make financial sense
In a New York Times article Feb. 20, Robert H. Frank, an economist at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, argues that acting to stop climate change makes economic sense.
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Climate Change Leaders Join Jeff Sachs in Discussion on Post-Copenhagen Action
Nearly 100 people including several UN ambassadors, corporate executives, foundation leaders and key representatives from NGOs and academia gathered at Columbia University to attend a brainstorm session on a way forward after December’s Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Led by Earth Institute Director Jeff Sachs, the agenda covered topics including improvements to the United Nations…
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Urbanization, Export Crops Drive Deforestation
In Reversal, Land Is Cleared for Global Trade and Big Cities, Says Study
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The State of the Arctic
Where climate change is concerned, the Arctic region acts as a harbinger: the extremely sensitive Arctic system reacts earlier and more profoundly to anthropogenic climate change than many other regions. And as climate change progresses, it is also projected to experience greater environmental changes than other places on earth. As such, it has become an…
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2000-2009: The Warmest Decade
Long-Term Rise in Global Temperature Unabated
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“