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As the West retreats from target-based climate goals, China has cornered the market to become the world’s first clean energy superpower, writes @columbiaclimate assistant professor of climate @leaharonowsky. Via @ForeignPolicy.
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- Speed of Glacier Retreat ‘Historically Unprecedented’ climatecentral.org/news/glacier-r… via @ClimateCentral
- RIP Wally Broecker, a pioneer in climate science and the first to introduce the phrase “global warming” blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2019/02/19/wal…
- “Revocation of executive orders can be done immediately,” said @ProfBurger “That’s a big deal because the executive orders give direction to administrative agencies about how to exercise their discretion and what the priorities are for the administration.”
- .@vfmcneill is the first woman to earn tenure in the @CUSEAS chemical engineering department. She is working for cleaner air in developing countries. Read about her work: news.climate.columbia.edu/2022/03/08/fay… #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2022 #WHM
- Archaeologist and anthropologist @kgdouglass has been appointed the first Columbia Climate School faculty hire, joining faculty from across @Columbia to train the next generation of leaders addressing #climatechange in first-in-the-nation graduate program.
- Officially announcing the Columbia Climate School dedicated to addressing the climate crisis and challanges our planet faces with sustainability issues today. It's also the first new school at @Columbia in 25 years! blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2020/07/10/col…
- In order for the climate transition to be fair and just we must engage citizens in climate policy. — @MarinSanna @FinGovernment worldleaders.columbia.edu/live
- 100.4 degree Arctic temperature record confirmed as study suggests Earth is warmest in at least 12,000 years via @WeatherProf @CBSNews cbsnews.com/news/arctic-te…
- Very excited to join with the @ObamaFoundation at #COP26 to host @BarackObama for a roundtable with youth activists including @columbia and @ColumbiaSIPA students! obama.org/updates/climat… We’re also hosting in-person and virtual events, join them here! climate.columbia.edu/cop26
- We’re pleased to announce the #ColumbiaClimateSchool will be co-led by four of @Columbia’s eminient climate experts: @AlexNHalliday, @JasonBordoff, @ruthdefries, @moraymo. Learn more about our plans to stay at the forefront of climate and sustainability. news.climate.columbia.edu/2021/04/19/col…
- Remembering @climatesociety’s Lisa Goddard, who worked to ensure that climate information was accessible and meaningful to people in dozens of developing countries:
- A new study suggests that disposable surgical masks can be disinfected with heat multiple times without harming their effectiveness. blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2020/04/21/cor…
- Finland plans to be climate neutral by 2035. The first thing we must do is say goodbye to fossil fuels. — @MarinSanna worldleaders.columbia.edu/live
