sustainable development3
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Mining, Land Grabs, and More: When Decarbonization Conflicts With Human Rights
Transitioning off fossil fuels isn’t all sunshine and roses. Experts from around Columbia Climate School weigh in on how governments and developers can move forward responsibly.
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Columbia Climate School Postdoctoral Research Program Now Accepting Applications for 2023
The application deadline is October 31.
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Continuing the Survey: Watermelon and Winds
Continuing our electromagnetic survey of fresh and saline groundwater, we saw the landscape change from lush watermelon fields to fallow rice fields as the salinity increased towards the sea.
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Sailing Around the Bangladesh Coastal Zone
I am back in Bangladesh to explore the distribution of fresh and saline groundwater in the coastal zone, needed for drinking in the dry season.
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Apply Now: Virtual Executive Training on Sustainable Investments in Agriculture
The training will review pressing issues related to agricultural investments and introduce practical skills.
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Into the Sundarban Mangrove Forest and Back
For the last week of our trip, we traveled by boat to reach the sites where we are measuring subsidence in the Sundarban Mangrove Forest and nearby embanked islands.
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From Barisal to Khulna
We continued to service our GNSS and RSET-MH equipment measuring land subsidence in coastal Bangladesh. Long distances, poor roads and slow ferries made for very long days, but we were able to complete the work at the sites.
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Dhaka and Beyond
After a week of meetings and a wedding in Dhaka, we headed back to the field to service equipment measuring land subsidence in Bangladesh.
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Can We Feed Billions of Ourselves Without Wrecking the Planet?
A new Earth Institute primer lays out the basics of achieving sustainable agriculture on a global scale.
