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Meet Sophie Johnson From Columbia Climate School’s Inaugural Class
With a background in artificial intelligence, she wants to explore how to utilize computational tools to study and communicate climate science.
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Meet Julie Souza From Columbia Climate School’s Inaugural Class
She’s studying climate through a lens of intersecting social and environmental issues.
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Meet Noel Abrai From Columbia Climate School’s Inaugural Class
He wants to help prevent future generations from suffering from the climate crisis.
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Meet Irina Ishan From Columbia Climate School’s Inaugural Class
She helped to draft a national climate change policy in her home country.
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Meet Celena Wasserstrom From Columbia Climate School’s Inaugural Class
She wants to help vulnerable communities adapt to climate change.
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Meet Pucheng Xuan From Columbia Climate School’s Inaugural Class
Xuan is part of the first class of Climate and Society students who will graduate from the new Columbia Climate School.
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Avoiding a Bitter End for Coffee From Climate Change
Students were looking for a link between climate stressors and coffee yield, but instead they found a complicated political relationship.
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Climate Corps Fellowships: Transforming Business for a Sustainable Future
Climate and Society alum Scott Wood is the director of Climate Corps at the Environmental Defense Fund. He recently told students about the fellowship’s benefits.
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Columbia’s Climate School Gets Its First Degree Program
Beginning in fall 2021, students enrolled in the Masters in Climate and Society will be in the Climate School’s inaugural class.

COP31, the 2026 United Nations Climate Change Conference, aims to advance dialogue, strengthen consensus, and accelerate climate action on a global scale. From November 9–20, 2026 in Antalya, Türkiye, heads of state, ministers, scientists, business leaders, and civil society will gather to advance efforts in emission targets, climate finance, and adaptation and resilience. Once again, our experts, students, and global thought leaders from Columbia Climate School and across Columbia University are contributing to key events, sharing insights, and helping shape the dialogue toward ambitious, science-based solutions. Learn More
