Initiative on Communication and Sustainability
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2023 Climate Resolutions: How Will You Make a Difference Next Year?
Our elected officials, community leaders, experts, and students discuss their 2023 climate resolutions. What will yours be?
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How a Two-century Megadrought Gap Set Up the West for Its Water and Climate Crisis
A new study further cements how global warming, by drying soils, is raising the odds of megadrought conditions across a swath of the western United States.
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You Asked: What’s the Best Way To Talk About Climate Change?
Columbia scientists, journalists, and content creators answer some of the most frequently asked questions about climate communication.
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How Journalists Can Track Down Great Satellite Images in Realtime
The pandemic has been making on-the-ground photojournalism difficult. Eyes in the sky offer a variety of options, some of them free.
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Increasing Numbers of U.S. Residents Live in High-Risk Wildfire and Flood Zones. Why?
A variety of factors conspire to put people and property in harm’s way.
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Journalist Andrew Revkin to Head New Communications Initiative
The Earth Institute is starting a new initiative to expand Columbia University’s outreach on climate change and other sustainability issues to the public, policymakers and international organizations.
By studying thousands of buildings and analyzing their electricity use, Columbia Climate School Dean Alexis Abramson has been able to uncover ways to significantly cut energy consumption and emissions. Watch the Video: “Engineering a Cooler Future Through Smarter Buildings“
