The transformative technologies of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries have brought incredible benefits but also substantial costs. The central issue of our time is understanding and mitigating those costs when we can, and adapting to them when we cannot.

With the award of a 2022 Earthshot prize, new technology to remove carbon from the air by speeding up natural underground chemical reactions moves closer to reality.

Sustainability Management student Jiangnan Shen co-founded a company that is exploring new ways to teach sustainable development. She tells us about the company’s games and how they can contribute to climate action.

I am amazed by the work I’ve seen by my students and graduates as they translate their environmental principles into practical sustainability practice in a world desperate for innovation.

A company that grew out of a Sustainability Management class project aims to accelerate EV adoption by making access to chargers more equitable.

When the wind can produce more power than is needed, that unused power could be used to remove carbon from the air and lock it away.

A therapist aims to help her patients by adapting conflict resolution tactics during a fellowship at Columbia’s Teachers College.

Research from Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory is being used to pull CO2 out of the air.

The free market favors short-term profits and small-scale solutions. Funding the systemic changes that are needed will require more government backing and a change to our incentive structure.

Seaweed cultivation, altering the chemistry of seawater, or even injecting electrical currents should be studied, say the authors.