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Biden’s Inspiring and Aggressive COVID Response Plan
This test of the new administration and of our national character has now begun. We need to vaccinate, test, mask-up, continue to practice social distance, and do all we can to rid America and then the world of this terrible virus.
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Strengthening the Rights of Forest Guardians Can Reduce Future Pandemic Risk
A recent webinar discussed a critical yet often overlooked strategy for pandemic mitigation: securing the rights of Indigenous forest guardians.
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What We’ve Learned From the Pandemic in 2020
If we learned anything in 2020, it is that we need a unified American community if we are to defeat this virus and return to normal life.
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The Communication Climate After 2020: Stormy but Hopeful
A global community, including the Earth Institute’s Initiative on Communication and Sustainability, is working hard to make information and connectivity matter a little more each day.
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Leaning Into Uncertainty: A Life of Anticipating the Worst-Case Scenario
Since his time as a theater major in college, disaster preparedness expert Jeffrey Schlegelmilch has known the importance of improvising and having backup plans.
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Podcast Series Investigates Colonialism and COVID-19
From the Navajo Nation to Somalia, diverse speakers discuss how colonial structures are perpetuated in modern times and reflected in the COVID crisis.
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A Year in Review: What to Take Forward From 2020
Columbia students and faculty consider the lessons that can be learned from this year to move toward a more equitable and sustainable future.
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How the Effects of COVID-19 Could Cause Food Insecurity Until 2050
A panel discussion at the meeting of the American Geophysical Union discussed how the pandemic and climate impacts are combining to disrupt the world food supply.
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Personal Reflections on Education During the Pandemic
Like everyone else, I am eager for the vaccine to be distributed and for the infection rate to go down so we can all exhale and return to the real world. A world I know I will never again take for granted.
