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Former Head of EPA Looks to Businesses, Courts, and Citizens to Fight Climate Change
In a lecture at Columbia Law School, Gina McCarthy sharply critiqued the Trump administration’s environmental policies, but offered hope that grassroots movements and other branches of government can make a difference.
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Lamont-Doherty Campus Will Open to the Public on Saturday
The annual Open House promises a day of science-filled fun.
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Leader of the World Health Organization Praises Columbia’s New Public Health Program
Tedros Adhanom called the new Global Health Security and Diplomacy program ‘a gift’ in the fight against complex global health problems.
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Watch Video–Sea Level Rise: Causes, Impacts and Options for Solutions
On July 12, the Earth Institute will bring together experts from science, government and the private sector to discuss causes, implications and potential adaptation strategies for sea level rise.
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Cleaning Up New York City’s Waters and Beyond: Q&A with Kartik Chandran
Kartik Chandran, an environmental engineer at Columbia, will discuss some of his urban wastewater treatment projects at a panel discussion Friday following the screening of a new film about Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay.
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Earth Institute Photography Exhibit Opens at Low Memorial Library
A new photography exhibit in the Rotunda at Columbia University’s Low Memorial Library highlights the variety and global reach of the Earth Institute’s mission
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Third International Conference on Climate Services
The third International Conference on Climate Services, organized by the Climate Services Partnership, will be held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, from Dec. 4-6. Just as weather services provides us with forecasts of short-term temperatures and rainfall, climate services provide users with timely information about a range of expected conditions that decision makers can use to…
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On Nov. 12, Meet Climate Models in New York City
Who’s studying Earth’s climate? Why? Where? How? And what are they learning? Panelists will explore these questions and discuss creative methods that can be used to better communicate climate science to the public.
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Healthy Oceans: Charting A New Course
Leading up to Rio+20, on April 25th the United Nations hosted “Healthy Oceans: Charting A New Course,” a panel discussion which brought together a range of experts to discuss the fate of the world’s oceans and what can be done to protect them.
