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State of the Planet
news.climate.columbia.edu > 08/06/2026 > yan-yao-joins-columbia-climate-school-and-columbia-engineering-to-advance-next-generation-energy-storage

Yan Yao Joins Columbia Climate School and Columbia Engineering to Advance Next-Generation Energy Storage

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (217+ words) News from the Columbia Climate School The Columbia Climate School and the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering (EEE) of the Columbia Engineering School are delighted to announce that Yan Yao has joined our faculty, effective July 1. A leading researcher…...

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news.climate.columbia.edu > 07/27/2026 > the-future-of-climate-finance

The Future of Climate Finance

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (467+ words) News from the Columbia Climate School Global climate finance crossed the US$2 trillion mark in 2024 and grew further to over US$2.3 trillion in 2025, despite political headwinds. The driver? Plummeting clean-energy costs that pull investments all but automatically. The latest geopolitical…...

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news.climate.columbia.edu > 07/21/2026 > the-case-for-decarbonizing-singapores-data-center-boom-using-geothermal-resources

The Case for Decarbonizing Singapore’s Data Center Boom Using Geothermal Resources

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (89+ words) News from the Columbia Climate School Aniruddha Pravin Jaydeokar is a researcher at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) with a focus on leveraging innovative financial structures and instruments to drive systems-level change in mining and energy value chains,…...

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news.climate.columbia.edu > 06/25/2026 > climate-attribution-conference-explores-science-law-and-accountability

Climate Attribution Conference Explores Science, Law and Accountability

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (266+ words) News from the Columbia Climate School In his opening remarks, Horton said that over the last two to three years, the planet has seen global average surface temperatures “close to or above 1.5 degrees C above pre‑industrial levels, hinting at…...

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news.climate.columbia.edu > 06/16/2026 > the-ai-revolution-mirrors-the-green-transition

The AI Revolution Mirrors the Green Transition – State of the Planet

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (175+ words) News from the Columbia Climate School Gernot Wagner and Adam Michael Bauer The AI race is already generating forces that are transforming the global economy. That makes it surprisingly similar to the green transition, given the potential of both to…...

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news.climate.columbia.edu > 05/20/2026 > columbias-energy-tech-conference-spotlights-the-race-for-ais-clean-power-future

Columbia’s Energy Tech Conference Spotlights the Race for AI’s Clean Power Future

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (212+ words) News from the Columbia Climate School How do we power the AI boom without blowing past climate goals and breaking the grid? Which approach is the market rewarding? Such questions were central to this year’s Columbia Climate Business and Investment…...

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news.climate.columbia.edu > 05/19/2026 > congratulations-to-the-2026-graduates-of-the-columbia-climate-school

Congratulations to the 2026 Graduates of the Columbia Climate School

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (373+ words) News from the Columbia Climate School On Friday, May 15, Columbia Climate School’s fifth cohort of graduating students celebrated their achievements in the 2026 Class Day ceremony. This year, alongside the M.A. in Climate and Society cohort, the inaugural class of the…...

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news.climate.columbia.edu > 05/07/2026 > why-were-all-on-the-same-team-in-the-fight-against-climate-change

Why We’re All on the Same Team in the Fight Against Climate Change

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (542+ words) News from the Columbia Climate School Since she was a child, Marina Saguar Urquiola felt a deep sense that she wanted her life to mean something to the world. As she entered college in her home country of Spain and…...

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news.climate.columbia.edu > 04/15/2026 > the-environmental-cost-of-war

The Environmental Cost of War

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (300+ words) News from the Columbia Climate School Watching this video, I thought of my hometown from a lifetime ago. I lived in Tehran as an adolescent until I escaped through the Turkish border in the aftermath of 9/11. At the time, I…...

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news.climate.columbia.edu > 04/01/2026 > a-complicated-future-for-a-methane-cleansing-molecule

A Complicated Future for a Methane-Cleansing Molecule

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (652+ words) News from the Columbia Climate School Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that is second only to carbon dioxide in driving up global temperatures. But it doesn’t linger in the atmosphere for long thanks to molecules called hydroxyl radicals, which…...