State of the Planet

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  • New York City’s Gradual Transition to a Sustainable City

    New York City’s Gradual Transition to a Sustainable City

    New Yorkers know that a sustainable city is attractive, exciting, and capable of winning the global competition for talent and business. New York City can become that sustainable city while creating new businesses, flourishing economically, and being a model for the transition to cities all over the world.

  • Preparing Students for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Sustainability

    Preparing Students for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Sustainability

    A Q&A with John E. Williams, Columbia Climate School’s sustainability programs director of student affairs and diversity, equity and inclusion.

  • Our Toxic Environment

    Our Toxic Environment

    As our economic life becomes more complex and its technology advances, we need to match that complexity with regulatory processes based on scientific expertise and an approach toward regulation that protects the public but is also sympathetic toward innovation and the introduction of new products.

  • Lessons from Applications to Columbia’s Master’s Programs in Environmental Sustainability

    Lessons from Applications to Columbia’s Master’s Programs in Environmental Sustainability

    I am constantly inspired and motivated by applicants to Columbia’s MPA in Environmental Science and Policy and MS in Sustainability Management programs, applicants who are community-minded, creative, and have a sense of mission and determination in the face of the challenges of achieving environmental sustainability.

  • Floods and the Urgency of Climate Adaptation Infrastructure

    Floods and the Urgency of Climate Adaptation Infrastructure

    Typically, political processes depend on catastrophes and crises to motivate major programs and expenditures. Will it take a large-scale flooding disaster to generate the political support to fund a flood control system that meets our region’s needs?

  • The Importance of Corporate Climate Disclosure and Measuring the Financial Costs of Environmental Impacts

    The Importance of Corporate Climate Disclosure and Measuring the Financial Costs of Environmental Impacts

    The ongoing effort to measure and report environmental impacts in the private and public sectors will embed environmental considerations in corporate and government decision-making like never before.

  • The Regulation of Air Pollution That Crosses State Borders

    The Regulation of Air Pollution That Crosses State Borders

    Our world and our economy are becoming more technologically complex and interconnected; anticipated impacts have become routine, and our need for agile and responsive regulation is growing.

  • The Uses and Limits of Global Climate Conferences

    The Uses and Limits of Global Climate Conferences

    Global conferences have educational and media value, but the new technologies, business models, and policies that will ultimately address the climate crisis will be implemented on local and national levels.

  • Supporting and Saving New York City’s Community Gardens

    Supporting and Saving New York City’s Community Gardens

    In nearly every neighborhood in New York City, you will see community gardens tended to by local gardeners, and these essential spaces are a critical element of the social and environmental fabric of the city.

  • New York City’s Gradual Transition to a Sustainable City

    New York City’s Gradual Transition to a Sustainable City

    New Yorkers know that a sustainable city is attractive, exciting, and capable of winning the global competition for talent and business. New York City can become that sustainable city while creating new businesses, flourishing economically, and being a model for the transition to cities all over the world.

  • Preparing Students for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Sustainability

    Preparing Students for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Sustainability

    A Q&A with John E. Williams, Columbia Climate School’s sustainability programs director of student affairs and diversity, equity and inclusion.

  • Our Toxic Environment

    Our Toxic Environment

    As our economic life becomes more complex and its technology advances, we need to match that complexity with regulatory processes based on scientific expertise and an approach toward regulation that protects the public but is also sympathetic toward innovation and the introduction of new products.

  • Lessons from Applications to Columbia’s Master’s Programs in Environmental Sustainability

    Lessons from Applications to Columbia’s Master’s Programs in Environmental Sustainability

    I am constantly inspired and motivated by applicants to Columbia’s MPA in Environmental Science and Policy and MS in Sustainability Management programs, applicants who are community-minded, creative, and have a sense of mission and determination in the face of the challenges of achieving environmental sustainability.

  • Floods and the Urgency of Climate Adaptation Infrastructure

    Floods and the Urgency of Climate Adaptation Infrastructure

    Typically, political processes depend on catastrophes and crises to motivate major programs and expenditures. Will it take a large-scale flooding disaster to generate the political support to fund a flood control system that meets our region’s needs?

  • The Importance of Corporate Climate Disclosure and Measuring the Financial Costs of Environmental Impacts

    The Importance of Corporate Climate Disclosure and Measuring the Financial Costs of Environmental Impacts

    The ongoing effort to measure and report environmental impacts in the private and public sectors will embed environmental considerations in corporate and government decision-making like never before.

  • The Regulation of Air Pollution That Crosses State Borders

    The Regulation of Air Pollution That Crosses State Borders

    Our world and our economy are becoming more technologically complex and interconnected; anticipated impacts have become routine, and our need for agile and responsive regulation is growing.

  • The Uses and Limits of Global Climate Conferences

    The Uses and Limits of Global Climate Conferences

    Global conferences have educational and media value, but the new technologies, business models, and policies that will ultimately address the climate crisis will be implemented on local and national levels.

  • Supporting and Saving New York City’s Community Gardens

    Supporting and Saving New York City’s Community Gardens

    In nearly every neighborhood in New York City, you will see community gardens tended to by local gardeners, and these essential spaces are a critical element of the social and environmental fabric of the city.