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🌿 At COP30 Brasil, delegates from Columbia University and Columbia Climate School will give talks, host panels, and forge connections, working toward innovative collaborations and solutions to climate change. #COP30 🦜 Learn more via State of the Planet: https://bit.ly/4oSK3KQ
"30 years into the COP process, we've seen undeniable progress...but we remain off course from meeting our climate goals. That's why an emphasis on implementation and accountability will be so critical at #COP30," says Dean Alexis Abramson. Via ABC News. https://bit.ly/48be6XF
What to know about COP30 as the international climate conference gets underway in Brazil
This year, COP30 is being held in Belém, Brazil.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"30 years into the COP process, we've seen undeniable progress...but we remain off course from meeting our climate goals. That's why an emphasis on implementation and accountability will be so critical at #COP30," says Dean Alexis Abramson. Via ABC News. https://bit.ly/48be6XF
Join Columbia Climate School Dean Alexis Abramson and other experts at City & State's Energy Infrastructure Summit on Nov 20 for Building Climate Resilience, a conversation on decarbonization, coastal protection, and climate-smart infrastructure. ➡️ Learn more/register: https://bit.ly/3LuISTA
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Join Columbia Climate School Dean Alexis Abramson and other experts at City & State's Energy Infrastructure Summit on Nov 20 for Building Climate Resilience, a conversation on decarbonization, coastal protection, and climate-smart infrastructure. ➡️ Learn more/register: https://bit.ly/3LuISTA
🦪 What a fantastic conversation with Andrew Zimmern & Barton Seaver, co-authors of The Blue Food Cookbook: Delicious Seafood Recipes for a Sustainable Future (fedbyblue.org), moderated by Sandra Goldmark, Columbia Climate School associate dean, engagement & impact, and co-hosted by Columbia Dining!
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🦪 What a fantastic conversation with Andrew Zimmern & Barton Seaver, co-authors of The Blue Food Cookbook: Delicious Seafood Recipes for a Sustainable Future (fedbyblue.org), moderated by Sandra Goldmark, Columbia Climate School associate dean, engagement & impact, and co-hosted by Columbia Dining!
Leaving electronic devices plugged in can account for "...about 5-10% of home energy use, depending on factors like the age of the equipment...what kind of systems you have and how much they've improved over time," says energy expert Alexis Abramson, dean of Climate School. Via @the-independent.com.
The easy household trick that could reduce your energy bill by 10%
Leaving electronic devices plugged into sockets can account for a significant portion of household energy consumption
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November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Leaving electronic devices plugged in can account for "...about 5-10% of home energy use, depending on factors like the age of the equipment...what kind of systems you have and how much they've improved over time," says energy expert Alexis Abramson, dean of Climate School. Via @the-independent.com.
🌿 At COP30 Brasil, delegates from Columbia University and Columbia Climate School will give talks, host panels, and forge connections, working toward innovative collaborations and solutions to climate change. #COP30 🦜 Learn more via State of the Planet: https://bit.ly/4oSK3KQ
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
🌿 At COP30 Brasil, delegates from Columbia University and Columbia Climate School will give talks, host panels, and forge connections, working toward innovative collaborations and solutions to climate change. #COP30 🦜 Learn more via State of the Planet: https://bit.ly/4oSK3KQ
Researchers say sudden, short-lived droughts in New England may become more frequent, putting farms, grasslands and water supply systems at risk, writes Columbia Climate School MA Climate & Society student @ryankrugman.bsky.social. Via @insideclimatenews.org.
Another Dry Spell Hits New England, Raising Alarm About Flash Droughts - Inside Climate News
Researchers say sudden, short-lived droughts in the region may become more frequent, putting farms, grasslands and water supply systems at risk.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Researchers say sudden, short-lived droughts in New England may become more frequent, putting farms, grasslands and water supply systems at risk, writes Columbia Climate School MA Climate & Society student @ryankrugman.bsky.social. Via @insideclimatenews.org.
On Nov 12 4-4:30pm ET, join us for When Collective Action Works: Revisiting the Montreal Protocol with @benbaraga.bsky.social of @ccsi-columbia.bsky.social! Learn more/RSVP for this Climate LIVE K12 virtual session (FREE but registration required): www.climate.columbia.edu/events/clima...
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
On Nov 12 4-4:30pm ET, join us for When Collective Action Works: Revisiting the Montreal Protocol with @benbaraga.bsky.social of @ccsi-columbia.bsky.social! Learn more/RSVP for this Climate LIVE K12 virtual session (FREE but registration required): www.climate.columbia.edu/events/clima...
At @cop30brazil.bsky.social, Center for Earth Ethics founder/exec director @karennagore.bsky.social will support global ethical stocktake wherein nations take stock of commitments centered on morals, ethics, culture, community to understand the stakes. 🦜 More #COP30: www.climate.columbia.edu/cop30
November 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
At @cop30brazil.bsky.social, Center for Earth Ethics founder/exec director @karennagore.bsky.social will support global ethical stocktake wherein nations take stock of commitments centered on morals, ethics, culture, community to understand the stakes. 🦜 More #COP30: www.climate.columbia.edu/cop30
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If companies are investing in catastrophe bonds, & they don’t want to see the payouts, then a better investment in preventing the disaster from beginning is the best way to protect that investment. We need it on all sides, noted Jeff Schlegelmilch. ow.ly/7gHn50XoovL @climate.columbia.edu @grist.org
After Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica’s climate resilience plan faces its biggest test yet
Jamaica's $150 million “catastrophe bond” will help hurricane recovery, but experts hope financial markets will invest more in adaptation.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If companies are investing in catastrophe bonds, & they don’t want to see the payouts, then a better investment in preventing the disaster from beginning is the best way to protect that investment. We need it on all sides, noted Jeff Schlegelmilch. ow.ly/7gHn50XoovL @climate.columbia.edu @grist.org
At our recent Postdoc Research Symposium—moderated by program directors Suzana Camargo and Michael Puma—we caught up with Ariana Salas Castillo to learn about her work on political economy of public transportation reform in cities. ℹ️ Columbia Climate School postdoc program: https://bit.ly/4qNojSu
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
At our recent Postdoc Research Symposium—moderated by program directors Suzana Camargo and Michael Puma—we caught up with Ariana Salas Castillo to learn about her work on political economy of public transportation reform in cities. ℹ️ Columbia Climate School postdoc program: https://bit.ly/4qNojSu
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So excited for the incomparable @linseymarr.bsky.social's visit next week to give the prestigious Elmer Gaden lecture! @columbiaseas.bsky.social @climate.columbia.edu @columbiauniversity.bsky.social
We are honored to share that @linseymarr.bsky.social of @vtengineering.bsky.social will give the Eighteenth Annual Gaden Lecture. Named after alumnus, former faculty member, department chair, and "father of biochemical engineering" Elmer L. Gaden Jr., it is our most prestigious lecture of the year.
November 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
So excited for the incomparable @linseymarr.bsky.social's visit next week to give the prestigious Elmer Gaden lecture! @columbiaseas.bsky.social @climate.columbia.edu @columbiauniversity.bsky.social
At our recent Postdoc Research Symposium—moderated by program directors Suzana Camargo and Michael Puma—we caught up with Peterson Faina to learn about his work on hydroclimate in Southern Madagascar. ℹ️ Columbia Climate School postdoc program: https://bit.ly/4qNojSu
November 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
At our recent Postdoc Research Symposium—moderated by program directors Suzana Camargo and Michael Puma—we caught up with Peterson Faina to learn about his work on hydroclimate in Southern Madagascar. ℹ️ Columbia Climate School postdoc program: https://bit.ly/4qNojSu
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What really happened on Easter Island? New study led by PhD student Red Stein with LDEO paleoclimatologists Dorothy Peteet, Billy D'Andrea, and colleagues challenges narratives of societal "collapse," showing that Rapanui communities adapted to climate stress with resilience: https://bit.ly/47Ndirz
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
What really happened on Easter Island? New study led by PhD student Red Stein with LDEO paleoclimatologists Dorothy Peteet, Billy D'Andrea, and colleagues challenges narratives of societal "collapse," showing that Rapanui communities adapted to climate stress with resilience: https://bit.ly/47Ndirz
At our recent Postdoc Research Symposium—moderated by program directors Suzana Camargo and Michael Puma—we caught up with Kevin Schwarzwald to learn about his work on socioeconomic impacts of climate change and future risk. ℹ️ Columbia Climate School postdoc program: https://bit.ly/4qNojSu
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
At our recent Postdoc Research Symposium—moderated by program directors Suzana Camargo and Michael Puma—we caught up with Kevin Schwarzwald to learn about his work on socioeconomic impacts of climate change and future risk. ℹ️ Columbia Climate School postdoc program: https://bit.ly/4qNojSu
As @billgates.bsky.social's open letter on climate action conveys, we must move beyond fear-driven narratives to focus on what people value most, measuring climate action by lives improved, not just emissions reduced, writes Columbia Climate School Dean Alexis Abramson. Via @fortune.com.
Bill Gates got climate communication right. Let's focus on saving lives, not spreading fear | Fortune
I'm the dean of the nation's first climate school and I know that fear-based messaging has outlived its usefulness.
fortune.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
As @billgates.bsky.social's open letter on climate action conveys, we must move beyond fear-driven narratives to focus on what people value most, measuring climate action by lives improved, not just emissions reduced, writes Columbia Climate School Dean Alexis Abramson. Via @fortune.com.
Climate politics can no longer focus only on preventing future catastrophes. It must now also encompass struggles over how society manages climate impacts already reshaping economic and social life, writes Leah Aronowsky, @climate.columbia.edu assistant professor of climate. Via @theguardian.com.
Who decides how we adapt to climate change? | Leah Aronowsky
The question is not whether we will reshape our institutions to manage climate impacts, but how
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Climate politics can no longer focus only on preventing future catastrophes. It must now also encompass struggles over how society manages climate impacts already reshaping economic and social life, writes Leah Aronowsky, @climate.columbia.edu assistant professor of climate. Via @theguardian.com.
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Who decides how we adapt to climate change? | Leah Aronowsky
Who decides how we adapt to climate change? | Leah Aronowsky
The question is not whether we will reshape our institutions to manage climate impacts, but how
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Who decides how we adapt to climate change? | Leah Aronowsky
💡What an inspiring Climate & Sustainability Graduate Programs Open House featuring 6 interdisciplinary degrees (climate.columbia.edu/education) that prepare future leaders for rapidly changing planet. Among highlights, Dean Alexis Abramson, faculty and student panels, and visit to LDEO!
November 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
💡What an inspiring Climate & Sustainability Graduate Programs Open House featuring 6 interdisciplinary degrees (climate.columbia.edu/education) that prepare future leaders for rapidly changing planet. Among highlights, Dean Alexis Abramson, faculty and student panels, and visit to LDEO!
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#ICYMI @nowhari.bsky.social visits the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Core Repository, a vast archive of core samples capturing Earth's history of climate change, where climate scientist Maureen Raymo studies paleoclimatology to understand past, present, and future climate. Via PBS WNET THIRTEEN.
How We Got Here: From Policies to Core Samples Under the Ocean Floor | THIRTEEN
YouTube video by THIRTEEN
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November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
#ICYMI @nowhari.bsky.social visits the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Core Repository, a vast archive of core samples capturing Earth's history of climate change, where climate scientist Maureen Raymo studies paleoclimatology to understand past, present, and future climate. Via PBS WNET THIRTEEN.
"As we begin a new administration, we have an opportunity to go further on climate and deliver lasting results," writes Alexis Abramson, dean of Columbia Climate School, outlining specific actions to achieve a future-ready city for all New Yorkers. Via NY Daily News.
The next mayor needs to be thinking about climate
New York City has already shown the world what urban climate leadership can look like. From the passage of Local Law 97, the nation’s most ambitious building-emissions standard, to growing investme…
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November 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"As we begin a new administration, we have an opportunity to go further on climate and deliver lasting results," writes Alexis Abramson, dean of Columbia Climate School, outlining specific actions to achieve a future-ready city for all New Yorkers. Via NY Daily News.
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A new study by Penn State's Andrew Smye and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory's Peter Kelemen solves the mystery of how Earth's continents have remained remarkably stable for billions of years, with implications beyond geologic history. Learn more: https://bit.ly/43aHtHQ
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A new study by Penn State's Andrew Smye and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory's Peter Kelemen solves the mystery of how Earth's continents have remained remarkably stable for billions of years, with implications beyond geologic history. Learn more: https://bit.ly/43aHtHQ
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📣 Postdoc opportunity alert! Join our dynamic community of Earth, environmental, and climate scientists as LDEO postdoctoral fellow. Principal criteria: scientific excellence + clear plan to investigate problems at forefront of Earth science. ➡️ Apply by Nov 7: https://bit.ly/3WRD6xT
October 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM
📣 Postdoc opportunity alert! Join our dynamic community of Earth, environmental, and climate scientists as LDEO postdoctoral fellow. Principal criteria: scientific excellence + clear plan to investigate problems at forefront of Earth science. ➡️ Apply by Nov 7: https://bit.ly/3WRD6xT
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As part of Lamont's Research as Art 2025, visual artist and artist-in-residence at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Kate Doyle facilitated a paint pour where the community worked together to create collaborative art pieces where "you have the intellect and the heart represented together."
November 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
As part of Lamont's Research as Art 2025, visual artist and artist-in-residence at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Kate Doyle facilitated a paint pour where the community worked together to create collaborative art pieces where "you have the intellect and the heart represented together."
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Both artists and scientists strive to see the world in new ways, and to communicate that vision. Lamont's Research as Art 2025—organized by Ally Peccia, Aviva Intveld, Caitlin Locke, Hanna Anderson, Lindsay Hogan, and Phoebe Salowey—celebrates these endeavors and showcases Lamont research.
November 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Both artists and scientists strive to see the world in new ways, and to communicate that vision. Lamont's Research as Art 2025—organized by Ally Peccia, Aviva Intveld, Caitlin Locke, Hanna Anderson, Lindsay Hogan, and Phoebe Salowey—celebrates these endeavors and showcases Lamont research.
On Nov 5 6pm China Standard Time (UTC+8), join us virtually to explore how climate finance is transforming Asia with Lisa Sachs, director of @ccsi-columbia.bsky.social and our MS in Climate Finance program developed with @columbiabusiness.bsky.social. RSVP: apply.climate.columbia.edu/register/?id...
November 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
On Nov 5 6pm China Standard Time (UTC+8), join us virtually to explore how climate finance is transforming Asia with Lisa Sachs, director of @ccsi-columbia.bsky.social and our MS in Climate Finance program developed with @columbiabusiness.bsky.social. RSVP: apply.climate.columbia.edu/register/?id...