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Announcing the Leadership of the Columbia Climate School
The Columbia Climate School will be co-led by four of Columbia’s most eminent climate experts: Alex Halliday, Jason Bordoff, Ruth DeFries, and Maureen Raymo.
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Columbia Climate School Goes to the Green Mountains
This pre-college program in Castleton, Vermont, will mobilize students in grades 9–12 to take action and affect change in response to our warming planet.
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You May Have Noticed Some Changes Around Our Site…
The Earth Institute is proud to announce that we will take on a central role in the new Columbia Climate School.
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Earth Networks Take Interdisciplinary Work to the Next Level
Working across the university, the Earth Networks will focus on climate mobility, environmental justice, habitable planets, and sustainable food systems.
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Columbia’s Climate School Gets Its First Degree Program
Beginning in fall 2021, students enrolled in the Masters in Climate and Society will be in the Climate School’s inaugural class.
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A Case for Global Climate Action: U.N. Secretary General Delivers Potent Remarks at Columbia
President Bollinger and Lamont-Doherty’s interim director underscore the university’s commitment to solving the climate crisis.
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Why Do We Need a Climate School?
Climate change is already part of the curricula across Columbia, but we can make a bigger difference by working together.
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Columbia to Establish a Climate School to Meet the Challenges of a Warming World
The Columbia Climate School will provide the education, research and global partnerships needed to create and maintain a sustainable society.
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Warming Climate is Changing Life on Global Scale
Wide-Scale Analysis Combines Decades of Data From All Continents

AGU25, the premier Earth and space science conference, takes place December 15-19, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. This year’s theme—Where Science Connects Us—puts in focus how science depends on connection, from the lab to the field to the ballot box. Once again, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Columbia Climate School scientists, experts, students, and educators are playing an active role, sharing our research and helping shape the future of our planet. #AGU25 Learn More
