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Meet Jonelle Maltay From the Climate and Society Class of 2024
After working for years in finance and sustainability, a new student aims to expand her horizons.
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A Summer of Science Saturdays: Casting a Wide Net at Lamont
Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory’s community education program draws in students of all ages to learn about the Hudson River.
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Alumni Profile: Working With Labor Unions to Create a More Sustainable Future
Avalon Hoek Spaans, an alumnus of the Columbia Climate School’s Climate and Society program, is channeling their personal experience and education to build a more just and sustainable world within the U.S. workforce.
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Understanding the SEC’s Proposed Climate Rules: Part 1
Adjunct professor Carolyn Kim Allwin shares why she thinks the new rules would be transformational for sustainable investing, and how her course will help sustainability professionals navigate these new guidelines.
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Five Tips for Taking Climate Action in Your Community
Environmental justice lawyer Christine Appah-Gyamfi offers tips for getting involved in climate advocacy this Earth Day.
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Exploring the Sundarbans and Back to Dhaka
Our group of 24 Americans and Bangladeshis continued to explore the Sundarbans mangrove forest, rice farming in embanked low-lying islands, and heritage sites of Bangladesh.
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Across the Ganges to Southwest Bangladesh and the Sundarbans
Our group of 23 American and Bangladeshi students and professors traveled from the Jamuna River to the Ganges and Gorai Rivers, and then down to an island on the edge of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest.
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Science Scramble
Unscramble the scientific term before time expires!
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Columbia Climate School Postdoctoral Research Program Now Accepting Applications for 2023
The application deadline is October 31.

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
