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The Columbia Climate School’s mission is to further knowledge and educate leaders to achieve equitable and just solutions to the changing climate and related sustainability challenges.

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Columbia Climate School Announces New Dual Degree with the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
October 31, 2024

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 climate-responsive communities.

Climate School Announces Faculty Tenured in 2024
October 28, 2024

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

Highlights From the 2024 Lamont Open House: 75th Anniversary Edition
October 23, 2024

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

Education

The Columbia Climate School educates future climate leaders to address the urgent challenges facing our planet with graduate degree programs and offers other powerful learning opportunities for students, educators, and professionals.

Research

The Columbia Climate School nurtures and supports innovative research in the science, consequences, and human dimensions of climate change, including the methods of achieving a more sustainable and just world.

Columbia Low Library and NYC skyline with text Research Centers and Programs

The Columbia Climate School encompasses Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and more than 20 other centers and programs, supporting a continuum of research from basic discovery to societal solutions.

Collage of campus images and satellite view of Earth with text Office of Research

Our Office of Research nurtures our community of established and future environmental leaders through proposal development, programmatic engagement, and compliance support.

Impact

The Columbia Climate School translates its academic work into evidence-based analysis and advice to inform decision- and policy-makers in communities, governments, industries, and nonprofits in the US and globally.

A Showcase Combining Knowledge and Action
October 7, 2024

The Climate School’s first-ever showcase highlighted the school’s mission to partner with organizations outside of Columbia to build climate solutions.

Planting Some Tree Species May Worsen, Not Improve, NYC Air, Says New Study
August 5, 2024

New York is planting large numbers of trees in order to improve the city’s livability. But emissions from some species interact with tailpipe and building pollutants to form smog.

New Sabin Center Report Maps Climate Cases in the Global South
August 2, 2024

The report presents a comparison of climate litigation trends and identifies key patterns, challenges and opportunities.

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