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.
News Highlights
Learning From History To Help Guide the Future of NYC’s Crucial Watershed
While persistent drought conditions threaten the NYC water supply, Columbia students prepare to step up to the challenge.
Unexplained Heat Wave ‘Hotspots’ Are Popping Up Across the Globe
Distinct regions are seeing repeated heat waves so extreme, they cannot be explained by climate models.
American Geophysical Union 2024: Key Research From Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Columbia Climate School
Some of the most newsworthy presentations at the world’s largest yearly gathering of earth and space scientists.
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.
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.
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.
Improving U.S. Coastal Protection and Resilience
How can the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers work with communities and agencies to create more effective coastal protection projects?
Ensuring Emergency Management Training Translates into Action
Researchers at the National Center for Disaster Preparedness and the New School discuss an approach for evaluating the effectiveness of disaster management training.
A Showcase Combining Knowledge and Action
The Climate School’s first-ever showcase highlighted the school’s mission to partner with organizations outside of Columbia to build climate solutions.