student profiles
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Why We’re All on the Same Team in the Fight Against Climate Change
Campbell Award winner Marina Saguar Urquiola is helping to solve climate change through adaptation finance.
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Climate Work Is Personal for This Class Day Speaker
Annika Bellot focuses on international law and decarbonization efforts to help save small island states like Dominica, where she grew up.
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Exploring Connections Between Environment and Society
Aynsley Kretschmar, a soon-to-be graduate of the M.A. in Climate and Society program, reflects on the skills she’s gained from her time at Columbia, as well as what she’s most excited about for her future.
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Seeing Climate Change Through a New Lens
M.A. in Climate and Society student Erin Frank shoots film around New York City. She says her camera and climate coursework have more in common than she expected.
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Centering Community in Climate Resilience and Disaster Preparedness
M.S. in Climate student Allison Karabu reflects on the importance of community-based initiatives and finding the right questions to ask to effect real change.
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Meet the Inaugural Dean’s Graduate Scholars at Columbia Climate School
Eight full-time M.S. in Climate students have been honored with a scholarship recognizing their academic and professional excellence in the field.
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Climate Finance Student Chimi Dorji Hopes to Represent the Global South on the World Stage
A recipient of the Stanley Park Climate Finance Scholarship, Chimi Dorji has spent the last seven years working on climate action, environmental conservation and community development in Bhutan.
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Starting Locally, Thinking Globally: One Student’s Journey to the M.S. in Climate Finance
A recipient of the Stanley Park Climate Finance Scholarship, Pulkit Bajpai helps local governments find and implement the right tools for effective climate adaptation.
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Investing in Change: Monica Alonso Soria’s Path to Columbia
A recipient of the Stanley Park Climate Finance Scholarship, Soria hopes to help countries finance their conservation and climate goals.
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