State of the Planet

News from the Columbia Climate School

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  • ‘Green’ Geochemistry Building Wins Awards

    Leading Climate Studies, Sustainably

  • New Yorkers Fear Impacts of Climate Change, And Want to Act

    Residents Say Citizens, Business and Government Should Do More

  • Geochemistry Building Will Expand Knowledge of Earth

    Amid cheers from hundreds of scientists and guests, Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory cut the ribbon at its $45 million Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building. The ultra-modern facility is “the step forward that we need to accelerate our efforts to understand and predict the important changes that will impact the way we live with our planet,”…

  • Companies Lay Out Global Framework to Fight Climate Change

    As a significant step toward tackling climate change, an unprecedented group of companies and organizations from around the world have endorsed a bold post-Kyoto framework for affecting change at the levels of policy and industry, particularly in regard to creating sustainable energy systems necessary for achieving economic growth. Signatories of The Path to Climate Sustainability: A…

Columbia Climate School Giving Day on October 28, 2026, featuring students and renewable energy imagery

October 28, 2026 is Columbia Giving Day! Your gift to Columbia Climate School helps advance interdisciplinary research, educate the next generation of leaders, and transform bold ideas into real-world solutions for climate, Earth, and society.

  • ‘Green’ Geochemistry Building Wins Awards

    Leading Climate Studies, Sustainably

  • New Yorkers Fear Impacts of Climate Change, And Want to Act

    Residents Say Citizens, Business and Government Should Do More

  • Geochemistry Building Will Expand Knowledge of Earth

    Amid cheers from hundreds of scientists and guests, Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory cut the ribbon at its $45 million Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building. The ultra-modern facility is “the step forward that we need to accelerate our efforts to understand and predict the important changes that will impact the way we live with our planet,”…

  • Companies Lay Out Global Framework to Fight Climate Change

    As a significant step toward tackling climate change, an unprecedented group of companies and organizations from around the world have endorsed a bold post-Kyoto framework for affecting change at the levels of policy and industry, particularly in regard to creating sustainable energy systems necessary for achieving economic growth. Signatories of The Path to Climate Sustainability: A…