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Developing innovative education, supporting groundbreaking research, and fostering essential solutions for climate and sustainability.
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While a "threatened" designation marks a win, the Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan faces an uncertain future in a warming world. Researchers like @SabinCenter's Jessica Wentz are working on how climate attribution science can help. Via @GlacierHub.
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Speed of Glacier Retreat ‘Historically Unprecedented’ http://t.co/4hjR58t1rl via @ClimateCentral.
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RIP Wally Broecker, a pioneer in climate science and the first to introduce the phrase “global warming”.
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“Revocation of executive orders can be done immediately,” said @ProfBurger “That’s a big deal because the executive orders give direction to administrative agencies about how to exercise their discretion and what the priorities are for the administration.”.
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.@vfmcneill is the first woman to earn tenure in the @CUSEAS chemical engineering department. She is working for cleaner air in developing countries. Read about her work: #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2022 #WHM.
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Archaeologist and anthropologist @kgdouglass has been appointed the first Columbia Climate School faculty hire, joining faculty from across @Columbia to train the next generation of leaders addressing #climatechange in first-in-the-nation graduate program.
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Officially announcing the Columbia Climate School dedicated to addressing the climate crisis and challanges our planet faces with sustainability issues today. It's also the first new school at @Columbia in 25 years!.
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In order for the climate transition to be fair and just we must engage citizens in climate policy. — @MarinSanna @FinGovernment .
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100.4 degree Arctic temperature record confirmed as study suggests Earth is warmest in at least 12,000 years.via @WeatherProf @CBSNews.
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Very excited to join with the @ObamaFoundation at #COP26 to host @BarackObama for a roundtable with youth activists including @columbia and @ColumbiaSIPA students! We’re also hosting in-person and virtual events, join them here!
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We’re pleased to announce the #ColumbiaClimateSchool will be co-led by four of @Columbia’s eminient climate experts: @AlexNHalliday, @JasonBordoff, @ruthdefries, @moraymo. Learn more about our plans to stay at the forefront of climate and sustainability.
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Remembering @climatesociety’s Lisa Goddard, who worked to ensure that climate information was accessible and meaningful to people in dozens of developing countries: .
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A new study suggests that disposable surgical masks can be disinfected with heat multiple times without harming their effectiveness.
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Finland plans to be climate neutral by 2035. The first thing we must do is say goodbye to fossil fuels. — @MarinSanna .
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The Earth Institute is proud to announce that we will take on a central role in the new Columbia Climate School. In order to make this transition seamless, over the next few months we will be transferring a number of Earth Institute properties to the Columbia Climate School. .
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"We want to make sure the circumstances you’re born into do not determine your future.” — @MarinSanna, PM of Finland .
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🔥🌡️Our Extreme Heat Workshop has brought together researchers & practitioners from multiple disciplines to advance knowledge, identify community needs, and develop an interdisciplinary framework with a cross-cutting focus on climate justice. Learn more:
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Another great question from @ColumbiaCS alum @sarah_climate to @AndrewYang about what role geoengineering can play in his climate plan. #ClimateTownHall.
C+S alum @sarah_climate just asked @AndrewYang about his controversial plans for geoengineering at #ClimateTownHall
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We’re thrilled that environmental justice advocate Peggy Shepard of @weact4ej will deliver the keynote address at Columbia Climate School’s inaugural Class Day ceremony on May 13
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Coronavirus shutdowns have unintended climate benefits: cleaner air, clearer water."I think there are some big-picture lessons here that could be very useful,” one scientist said. With comments from @jmklopp1.
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Climate coalition tallied all of Trump’s censorship of science. It’s staggering. via @thinkprogress.
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We’re celebrating #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience! Meet some of the incredible women scientists of @LamontEarth .
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Big news: @Columbia will no longer install new fossil fuel connections, but will use clean, renewable energy sources in any new construction, refresh, or renovation projects. @SustainablCU #ClimateWeekNYC #ColumbiaClimateWeek.
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.@ColumbiaClimate launches database of state environmental actions to measure impact in law and national policy.
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How is climate change affecting California’s wildfires? In May we released a study on how increasing heat is driving off cloud cover which is making the region drier.
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So thrilled to have @ClimateEnvoy @JohnKerry (with co-dean @Jasonbordoff) and other global leaders join us today in @Davos for a @Columbia event around navigating the energy transition in an equitable and inclusive way. #WEF2022 More photos to come!
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Congratulations to the @Columbia class of 2018! Our sustainable future looks bright in your hands! @columbia_susci @ColumbiaMPA_ESP @ColumbiaSUMA
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Congratulations to our director Sir @AlexNHalliday on being knighted for his services to science and innovation. The official ceremony took place yesterday at Buckingham Palace.
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Today, we celebrated the resilience, contributions, and determination of #LGBTQ+ community at our inaugural #ColumbiaClimatePride staff brunch. We are proud to stand together to reaffirm our commitment to advancing #diversity, #equity, #inclusion, & anti-bias. #Pride #PrideMonth
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A newly elected assembly is charged with rewriting Chile’s constitution from scratch, with strong representation from Indigenous peoples and environmentalists
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Join @Columbia Climate School experts and diverse climate leaders Sep 19-25 for #ClimateWeekNYC, the biggest global climate event of its kind to accelerate #climateaction. #ColumbiaClimateWeek
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"We've entered a new era" of public concern about climate change, survey finds.via @WeatherProf .
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Watch the recording of today's event, The Columbia Climate School at @COP26: Turning Ambition into Action, on YouTube now: ft. @JasonBordoff @MaryNicholsCA @cathmckenna @weact4ej @LaurenceTubiana @alizaidi46 #ColumbiaCOP #COP26
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The Earth Institute, in line with the goals of #ShutdownSTEM and #Strike4BlackLives, is encouraging our faculty, staff, researchers and students to take some time tomorrow to reflect on what more we can do to break down the systemic racism that exists in STEM.
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"The real challenge is when the recent drought does end, what are we going to do to prepare for the next one?" emphasized Benjamin Cook of @LamontEarth.
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🎓 Congratulations to our Columbia Climate School MA in Climate & Society Class of 2024! We are so proud of your accomplishments. 💙 Learn more about our May 10 Class Day celebration. #Columbia2024 #ColumbiaClimate2024 .
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Congratulations to climate scientist Cynthia Rosenzweig of Columbia Climate School/@NASAGISS, named 2022 @WorldFoodPrize Laureate for seminal contributions to understanding & predicting impacts of interaction between climate and food systems. #FoodPrize22
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Stanford University creates Coronavirus test which will reveal results within 24 hours.@IrwinRedlenerMD: "It's a medical truism that it's absolutely essential that physicians with experience with a particular condition disseminate information to others.
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A Crack in an Antarctic Ice Shelf Grew 17 Miles in the Last Two Months
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“This is so simple, it is almost stupid,” says @LamontEarth geologist Peter Kelemen about the technique his team invented to suck CO2 out of the air. The technique is already being used by several startup companies.
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More than ten years ago, climate scientists predicted the closing of the ozone hole was going to halt the poleward drift of the jet stream in the Southern Hemisphere. Now it looks like they were right.
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On @TIME #TIME100 Most Influential People of 2023 is @KateOrff, @ColumbiaClimate affiliate Center for Resilient Cities & Landscapes faculty director, @ColumbiaGSAPP prof, @SCAPE_studio founder for restorative, nature-based work to adapt to #climatechange.
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March 6 3pm, Prime Minister @MarinSanna of Finland will speak at @Columbia. Her talk will focus on climate change, gender equality and social welfare. She will be introduced by @AlexNHalliday. Watch here:.
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Colonialism was motivated by promise of exploiting the environment & subjugating people. Its legacy makes it harder to address #climatecrisis/implement equitable solutions. @columbiacss' Hadeel Assali & @socialdiff's @PaigeWestNYC explain. #ClimateWeekNYC
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Today, @Columbia interim president Katrina Armstrong announced the appointment of Alexis Abramson—currently dean of Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering—as the next dean of Columbia Climate School beginning January 1, 2025. Learn more:
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Scientists have identified systematic meanders in the globe-circling northern jet stream that have caused simultaneous crop-damaging heat waves in widely separated breadbasket regions–a previously unquantified threat to global food production.
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Joan Baez isn't done protesting. Now she's using her paintbrush to help support a new Earth Institute initiative on responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. @joancbaez.@columbia_ncdp @IrwinRedlenerMD.
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Unsteady funding streams have caused Mount Everest's "Pyramid" monitoring station to unravel at the seams, which may be an opportunity to re-envision the station's purpose. Via @GlacierHub.
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Congratulations to @ColumbiaUEnergy senior director of research/@columbiaclimate professor @mclott, recipient of @theAGU #AGU23 Climate Communication Prize, and to @LamontEarth climate scientists @SCamargo and @profadamsobel, named AGU fellows! So proud of these accomplishments!
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A wealth of ancient artifacts stand to be discovered as high altitude ice melts, but the relationship betw high altitude archaeology and climate change is a somber one. Read the new @glacierhub piece abt Secrets of the Ice crew & discoveries @brearkeologi
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The @IPCC_CH report is a stark reminder of our need to decarbonize if we’re going to sustain a livable planet. @columbiaclimate is committed to help find those solutions and mobilize climate action.
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Looking at 20 #JustTransition lawsuits from Latin America, a new report authored by @SabinCenter's @toniatigre and colleagues analyzes what arguments are being made and how those arguments have been received by the courts.
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"It was only the second time there's ever been an actual trial. with climate scientists on the stand subject to cross-examination. And the court found for the plaintiffs in every respect," says @SabinCenter @columbiaclimate's @MichaelGerrard. Via @NPR.
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“It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one destiny, affects all indirectly.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
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Great news! @ginamccarthy46 and @LaurenceTubiana will be joining us in Glasgow at our COP26 event along with @MaryNicholsCA, @cathmckenna, @JasonBordoff, @AlexNHalliday. Register in person here: Or watch livestream here:
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🎓Today, our graduating students celebrated Class Day with inspiring remarks from founding dean @AlexNHalliday, program co-directors @mfting & @bsorlove, student speaker @soy_johanlopez, and keynote speaker @RepBowman. #Columbia2023 #ColumbiaClimate2023💙
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Hear from @IrwinRedlenerMD of @columbia_ncdp at our upcoming educator training on "The Science of COVID-19" happening on December 5. Read more about the event here:
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Models are calling for sudden stratospheric warming to occur around Feb 15-17, says @columbiaclimate @LamontEarth postdoc/atmospheric scientist @SimonLeeWx, likening the situation to a "boxing match" between "planetary waves." Via @washingtonpost.
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We are deeply saddened by the loss of Lisa Goddard, former Director of @climatesociety. She personified the mission of @columbia and devoted her career to tackling the climate crisis. Her vision, wisdom, and leadership will be sorely missed.
With heavy hearts this morning, we share news that Lisa Goddard died on January 13. Lisa had been at IRI since its founding, and served as Director from 2012-2020. She was a brilliant scientist, and more importantly, a wonderful colleague, mentor and friend to many of us.
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Today, @Columbia President Bollinger announced that Jeffrey Shaman will become @columbiaclimate's Interim Dean July 1, continuing the work of @AlexNHalliday, @JasonBordoff, Ruth DeFries, & @moraymo, climate leaders who built the School's strong foundation.
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Watch the webcast #coveringclimatenow event organized by @CJR. Includes some of the world’s top journalists, scientists, and climate experts to devise a new playbook for journalism that’s compatible with the 1.5-degree future.
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Hours after being inaugurated, President Joe Biden reentered the United States in the Paris Agreement, as he had promised to do. What happens now?.#StateofthePlanet.
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Warmer winters can wreak as much havoc as hotter summers, say scientists.“It’s not right, there’s a disconnect between how it should be and how it is.” --@KKornhuber.
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#MarieTharp100 began working at @LamontEarth in 1948, a time when women weren’t always welcome in the world of science. Here she explains how she came to be a scientist, and what it was like to chart the bottom of the sea when so little was known about it.
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Daniel Zarrilli, former Chief Climate Policy Advisor to @NYCMayor Bill de Blasio, has been named a Special Advisor on all matters of institutional sustainability and climate action at @Columbia. @dzarrilli
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#ClimateWeekNYC starts on Sep 20! The climate crisis is here and the time for action is now. Check out the line-up of #ColumbiaClimateWeek events we have in store and join the conversation today.
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Climate scientists are still uncertain about a number of phenomena that could affect our future. What are the reasons for this uncertainty? @columbiaclimate's Allegra LeGrande of Center for Climate Systems Research and @DustyBowl of @LamontEarth weigh in.
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#ClimateWeekNYC starts today! The climate crisis is here and the time for action is now. Check out the line-up of #ColumbiaClimateWeek events we have in store and join the conversation today.
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📢 It's #ClimateWeekNYC! Experts from @columbiaclimate and across @Columbia are helping build global momentum for climate action. Join us at our lineup of in-person and online events throughout the week to advance climate solutions. #ColumbiaClimateWeek ➡️
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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. @Columbia.
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The first graduates of @Columbia Climate School are bringing their @ColumbiaCS degrees and climate expertise to diverse jobs at @CapturaCO2, @ENERGY, @BCG, @goodenergystory, @CGIAR, @AetherDiamonds, @MichiganEGLE, @weact4ej, and more. #ColumbiaClimate2022
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She’s an Authority on Earth’s Past. Now, Her Focus Is the Planet’s Future. The climate scientist Maureen Raymo is leading the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia. She has big plans for science, and diversity, too.
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New York City shows bold leadership with decisive action for climate safety and justice. via @JeffDSachs, @CNN
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Climate change provided high octane fuel for Hurricane Michael. "The chance of a category 4 or 5 is higher now than it was in the past," said @profadamsobel via @WeatherProf.
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.@Columbia Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences has launched new Climate System Science undergrad major in partnership with @columbiaclimate! Learn about past, present, and future #climate system, and strategies for addressing the #ClimateCrisis.
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Staff Spotlight: Mariví Perdomo Caba came to the @ColumbiaSUMA program as a student from the Dominican Republic with an interest in coastal resiliency. Now as program manager she helps new students find their way.
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Our colleague Taro Takahashi, who over a career of more than 60 years made key discoveries about carbon dioxide and the earth’s climate, has passed away.
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🎓 Congratulations to our Columbia Climate School Class of 2023 and all of our #Columbia2023 grads! See some of the highlights of our May 12 Climate School Class Day celebration and May 17 @Columbia Commencement! #ColumbiaUniversity #ColumbiaClimate2023 💙
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🎓Congratulations to the inaugural @Columbia Climate School @ColumbiaCS Class of 2022! After an intense year of interdisciplinary climate education, 86 students proudly donned caps and gowns for their Class Day ceremony. #ColumbiaClimate2022 #RoarLions2022
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Eco-communicator @Leahtommi’s message to world leaders at #COP26: “I want them to know that ‘all talk’ isn’t good enough anymore….I would tell world leaders that most of the climate solutions are already there.”
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Happy first day of classes to our inaugural Columbia Climate School students! We're so excited to welcome you to campus. Here are a couple photos from @ColumbiaCS orientation last week (photo 1 ft. all 4 deans!).
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Today's #GoogleDoodle celebrates pioneering @LamontEarth geologist #MarieTharp with an interactive exploration of her life, work, & legacy! On this day in 1998, Tharp was named one of 20th century's greatest cartographers by @librarycongress. Learn more!
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Hurricanes are more intense and more frequent because of human-caused climate change, and this season is shaping up to be particularly intense, says @WFLA chief meteorologist/climate specialist and @columbiaclimate alum @WeatherProf. Via @WMNF.
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“Most climate change impacts come down to water. When people talk about agricultural, sea level rise, wildfires and extreme weather — they’re all essentially a water story,” says @upmanu of @columbiawater .#UNClimateActionSummit #climateweek #yearofwater.
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The presidential candidates decided not to speak about climate change, but climate change has decided to speak to them http://t.co/3h6Yw0Wp.
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This senior legal and economics researcher at @CCSI_Columbia wants to overhaul investment policies in order to fight #climatechange and achieve sustainable development goals. Learn more in this Q&A with @MartinBrauch. #InvestInOurPlanet
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Welcome to the Intl Conf on Sustainable Development. Can't come? Webcast here: http://t.co/0xkPFUJeu5
#ICSD2015
http://t.co/TpIyBGISvy.
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Welcome to five new @columbiaclimate faculty members: @LamontEarth climate scientists @SCamargo and @GiselaWinckler, Center for Climate Systems Research director @FragileFood, @CCSI_Columbia director Lisa Sachs, and @columbia_ncdp director @jeffschlegel!
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News media can no longer be complacent when it comes to climate change. Over 150 media outlets have joined @CJR and @TheNation to commit for one week from 9/16 - 9/23 to report on how our actions have been devastating to our planet. #coveringclimatenow .
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Join us June 22–25 for the At What Point Managed Retreat? Resilience, Relocation and Climate Justice virtual conference. Early bird pricing ends May 25 – register now! .
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Thank you to all who participated in the powerful @HarlemWeek conversation on climate and #environmentaljustice in Harlem, and how communities disproportionately impacted by #climatechange can be empowered to lead the way to a cleaner, safer, and healthier future. #HarlemWeek
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Going to Glasgow? Join us on Nov 4, in-person at @UniStrathclyde for “@ColumbiaClimate at #COP26: Turning Ambition into Action”. Featured speakers include: @MaryNicholsCA, @cathmckenna, @JasonBordoff, @AlexNHalliday. And stay tuned, webcast link to come!
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The main driver of these record temperatures is not El Niño or other natural events. "It's driven mostly by greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide the first, methane second, and the third chlorofluorocarbons," says @NASAGISS' @ClimateOfGavin. Via @wqcsnews.
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We’re honored to welcome @cathmckenna to @columbia! Excited to work with her on bringing practical solutions to the climate crisis.
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We’re thrilled to be named a University Partner with the @ClimateGroup for #ClimateWeekNYC! Stay tuned and save the dates for all the amazing events coming up Sep 20-26 focused on climate action.
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On Sept. 21, join a discussion on the critical role of universities in addressing the climate crisis from both the faculty and student perspectives. Ft. @gauc_news @alexnhalliday @dzarrilli @tsinghua_uni #columbiaclimateweek #climateweeknyc
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