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New Online Tool Tracks Energy Investments During Economic Recovery
Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy has launched a website to track how pandemic recovery packages are shaping the future of energy and climate.
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Lamont-Doherty Program Aims to Bring More Diversity to Earth Science
The Secondary School Field Research Program offers a diverse group of young people a unique opportunity to do field and laboratory research.
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App Will Track Harmful Dust From Bauxite Mining in Guinea
Researchers at Columbia are developing an app that Guinean communities can use to hold mining companies accountable for controlling the dust they produce, which can harm health and livelihoods.
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Coming Soon? A Brief Guide to 21st-Century Megadisasters
A Q&A with Jeffrey Schlegelmilch, author of a new book on potential future calamities, and how they may play off one another.
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New Website Will Help Steer the U.S. Away From Fossil Fuels
The ‘Model Laws for Deep Decarbonization’ website provides legal examples that can be customized in order to achieve deep reductions in fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions.
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ACToday Columbia World Project Enabling Insurance to Reach a Million Farmers in Ethiopia
Affordable insurance against droughts and other climate risks will help to improve food security and protect smallholder farmers.
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Report Suggests Solutions for Making Coffee More Sustainable
Because of the intertwined crises of poverty and environmental stress, the future is bleak for coffee farmers in many countries — but it doesn’t have to be this way.
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Empowering the Communities Most Vulnerable to Disaster
Jaishree Beedasy delves into how disasters disproportionately affect the most vulnerable groups in society, particularly children, and how to help them recover.
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13 Proposals to Boost Resilience in Vieques, Puerto Rico
Working closely with Vieques residents, graduate students designed solutions to help the tiny island recover after Hurricane Maria and weather future storms. Their proposals are published in a new report.
