State of the Planet

At Columbia Climate School’s Signature Speaker Series, Hans Bruyninckx, former executive director of the European Environmental Agency, discussed the European Green Deal.

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/11/04/europes-plan-to-achieve-net-zero-emissions-in-a-complex-world/

Because renewable energy sources depend on the environment, both the supply of and demand for renewables are affected by climate impacts such as high heat, drought, altered precipitation patterns...

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/10/31/how-climate-change-impacts-affect-renewable-energy/

By integrating climate expertise with architecture and urban design, the MS in Climate and the MS in Architecture and Urban Design program equips students with the tools to build sustainable and ...

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/10/31/columbia-climate-school-announces-new-dual-degree-with-the-graduate-school-of-architecture-planning-and-preservation/

With the fate of the Thwaites Glacier still uncertain, some experts are pushing for geoengineering and more intense climate action.

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/10/30/doomsday-antarctic-glacier-melting-faster-than-expected-fueling-calls-for-geoengineering/

Jeffrey Schlegelmilch, the director of Columbia’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness, reflects on applying lessons from Hurricane Sandy to more recent disasters.

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/10/30/twelve-years-after-sandy-have-we-gotten-better-at-preparing-for-disaster/

The leading hypothesis for a mass extinction that cleared the way for dinosaurs to dominate the Earth has long been excessive heat. A new study says the opposite.

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/10/29/dinosaurs-thrived-after-ice-not-fire-says-a-new-study-of-ancient-volcanism/

Four professors joined Columbia Climate School's tenured faculty this year.

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/10/28/climate-school-announces-faculty-tenured-in-2024/

A professional learning workshop will teach participants from diverse backgrounds all about the complexities and opportunities for climate finance.

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/10/24/unlocking-climate-finance-navigating-challenges-tools-and-strategies-for-a-net-zero-future/

Through interactive exhibits, games and lectures, people of all ages learned about geology, earth science and climate change.

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/10/23/highlights-from-the-2024-lamont-open-house-75th-anniversary-edition/

Seeking to understand the history of the southeast Asian monsoon, researchers venture into the remote highlands of Vietnam to sample the rings of behemoth cypress trees that have survived for a t...

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/10/23/tree-rings-climate-change-and-the-rainy-season/