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  • The Private Sector Push for Environmental Sustainability

    The Private Sector Push for Environmental Sustainability

    Building the organizational capacity to measure, analyze, and report a company’s environmental impact is necessary but not sufficient to reduce that impact. The next step is to build the capacity to reduce impact through changes in work processes and/or technologies.

  • Chris Dedo: Arming Employees to Spur Climate Policy and Action

    Chris Dedo: Arming Employees to Spur Climate Policy and Action

    A soon-to-be graduate of the Columbia Climate School, Dedo will spend the summer creating playbooks for employees to convince their companies to advocate for climate policy.

  • Climate Services: A Private-Sector Perspective

    Climate Services: A Private-Sector Perspective

    For the private sector, climate services need to be framed in terms of business risks and drivers, says Jean-Cristophe Amado, Risk Manager at Acclimatise North America.

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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

  • The Private Sector Push for Environmental Sustainability

    The Private Sector Push for Environmental Sustainability

    Building the organizational capacity to measure, analyze, and report a company’s environmental impact is necessary but not sufficient to reduce that impact. The next step is to build the capacity to reduce impact through changes in work processes and/or technologies.

  • Chris Dedo: Arming Employees to Spur Climate Policy and Action

    Chris Dedo: Arming Employees to Spur Climate Policy and Action

    A soon-to-be graduate of the Columbia Climate School, Dedo will spend the summer creating playbooks for employees to convince their companies to advocate for climate policy.

  • Climate Services: A Private-Sector Perspective

    Climate Services: A Private-Sector Perspective

    For the private sector, climate services need to be framed in terms of business risks and drivers, says Jean-Cristophe Amado, Risk Manager at Acclimatise North America.