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  • Improving Market Design for Energy Storage

    Improving Market Design for Energy Storage

    A new study finds that electricity market design is the key to trade-offs between more affordable energy and lower carbon emissions.

  • How Columbia’s Electrochemical Energy Center is Working to Decarbonize Society

    How Columbia’s Electrochemical Energy Center is Working to Decarbonize Society

    The center focuses on developing better batteries as well as other energy storage options, which are key to a future fueled by renewable energy.

  • How India is Striking a Balance Between Energy and Emissions

    How India is Striking a Balance Between Energy and Emissions

    Ajay Mathur, a member of the Indian Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change, discusses the outlook for energy supply and demand in India, including the critical role that solar power could play in coming years.

  • Turning Sunlight into Fuel

    Turning Sunlight into Fuel

    The world uses little more than one percent of the sun’s energy for our electricity needs. A major obstacle to tapping into its full potential is that it is intermittent. Solar fuels could one day store, transport and use solar energy to produce electricity and replace fossil fuels in vehicles.

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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

  • Improving Market Design for Energy Storage

    Improving Market Design for Energy Storage

    A new study finds that electricity market design is the key to trade-offs between more affordable energy and lower carbon emissions.

  • How Columbia’s Electrochemical Energy Center is Working to Decarbonize Society

    How Columbia’s Electrochemical Energy Center is Working to Decarbonize Society

    The center focuses on developing better batteries as well as other energy storage options, which are key to a future fueled by renewable energy.

  • How India is Striking a Balance Between Energy and Emissions

    How India is Striking a Balance Between Energy and Emissions

    Ajay Mathur, a member of the Indian Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change, discusses the outlook for energy supply and demand in India, including the critical role that solar power could play in coming years.

  • Turning Sunlight into Fuel

    Turning Sunlight into Fuel

    The world uses little more than one percent of the sun’s energy for our electricity needs. A major obstacle to tapping into its full potential is that it is intermittent. Solar fuels could one day store, transport and use solar energy to produce electricity and replace fossil fuels in vehicles.