http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:54:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/30/healthy-oceans-charting-a-new-course/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/30/healthy-oceans-charting-a-new-course/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:53:21 +0000 Jeremy Hinsdale http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=25849 Leading up to Rio+20, on April 25th the United Nations hosted “Healthy Oceans: Charting A New Course,” a panel discussion which brought together a range of experts to discuss the fate of the world’s oceans and what can be done to protect them.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/30/healthy-oceans-charting-a-new-course/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/05/water-scarcity-a-shared-problem-with-a-world-of-solutions/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/05/water-scarcity-a-shared-problem-with-a-world-of-solutions/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:10:05 +0000 Lakis Polycarpou http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=16009 Columbia scientists and affiliates from four continents came together for the first time last week to discuss global water scarcity, present solutions from their own countries, transfer knowledge and present next steps to scale up current projects.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/05/water-scarcity-a-shared-problem-with-a-world-of-solutions/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/25/isdrc-17-a-sustainable-future-begins-here/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/25/isdrc-17-a-sustainable-future-begins-here/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 15:37:00 +0000 Tamara Plummer http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=15014 This post was written by Pablo Villoch On May 7-10 the Earth Institute, Columbia University, hosted the 17th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference, in partnership with the United Nations Division of Sustainable Development (UNDSD) and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI). Following are some notes from the conference. More than 400 researchers from over [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/25/isdrc-17-a-sustainable-future-begins-here/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/02/making-peace-new-book-provides-tools-for-solving-intractable-conflicts/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/02/making-peace-new-book-provides-tools-for-solving-intractable-conflicts/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 18:27:03 +0000 Kim Martineau http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=14320 Five percent of all difficult conflicts end in a destructive quagmire. Think of the current debate over global warming or the Israel-Palestine conflict. How can we overcome these? An Earth Institute psychologist, Peter T. Coleman, offers tactics in his new book, The Five Percent: Finding Solutions to Seemingly Impossible Conflicts. Coleman, who also heads Columbia’s [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/02/making-peace-new-book-provides-tools-for-solving-intractable-conflicts/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/25/podcast-is-there-an-ethics-of-climate-change-missing-conversations-new-challenges/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/25/podcast-is-there-an-ethics-of-climate-change-missing-conversations-new-challenges/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:42:43 +0000 Tristan Jones http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=5953 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/25/podcast-is-there-an-ethics-of-climate-change-missing-conversations-new-challenges/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/24/event-himalayan-glaciers-and-asias-looming-water-crisis/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/24/event-himalayan-glaciers-and-asias-looming-water-crisis/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:43:07 +0000 Columbia Water Center http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=3219 Columbia Water Center, The Asia Society and The Economist are cosponsoring the event Himalayan Glaciers and Asia's Looming Water Crisis, Wednesday July 14, 2010, 6:30pm at the Asia Society.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/24/event-himalayan-glaciers-and-asias-looming-water-crisis/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/22/state-of-the-planet-2010-join-the-global-conversation-2/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/22/state-of-the-planet-2010-join-the-global-conversation-2/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:35:12 +0000 Betsy Ness-Edelstein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/climate/?p=1529 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/22/state-of-the-planet-2010-join-the-global-conversation-2/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/21/climate-news-roundup-week-of-321/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/21/climate-news-roundup-week-of-321/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:54:10 +0000 Adrian Soghoian http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/climate/?p=1534 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/21/climate-news-roundup-week-of-321/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/01/22/state-of-the-arctic/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/01/22/state-of-the-arctic/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:35:39 +0000 Betsy Ness-Edelstein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/climate/?p=1394 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/01/22/state-of-the-arctic/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/12/11/the-long-and-winding-road-to-copenhagen/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/12/11/the-long-and-winding-road-to-copenhagen/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:18:28 +0000 Tristan Jones http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/climate/?p=1357 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/12/11/the-long-and-winding-road-to-copenhagen/feed/ 6