Pedro Sanchez attributes the roots of his life’s work in soil sciences to the fact that he always liked to “play with dirt.” That boyhood pastime was nurtured by the fact that his family owned a ...

The Millennium Villages project offers a bold, innovative model for helping rural African communities lift themselves out of extreme poverty. The Millennium Villages themselves are proving that by ...

The Earth Institute was established in 1995 to advance our understanding of Earth science and apply that knowledge to decisions made by governments and businesses around the world. A world leader in ...

Floods Are Trapping Americans in More Ways Than One The Hill, Oct 23, 2022 Reflections on the World Food Prize Food Tank, Oct 20, 2022 Pakistan and the Fight for Climate Justice Project Syndicate, Sep ...

To his colleagues, peers and admirers he is a genius and a pioneer, the Grandfather of Climate Science. And to his countless friends – most of whom also happen to be colleagues, peers and admirers – ...

There are numerous student groups focused on environmental sustainability, which are active across the Columbia University campus. Students organize panels, fieldtrips, and volunteer events, and also ...

2021 Western North America Heat Wave Had Multiple Causes, Including Climate Change Courthouse News, Nov 28, 2022 The 2021 Heat Wave Was a Climate Change Warning Axios, Nov 28, 2022 Climate Change Is ...

More than one billion people--one-sixth of the world's population--live in extreme poverty on less than $1 a day. At the Earth Institute, researchers take a “human needs" approach to developing ...

Peter Coleman, Co-Executive Director of the Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict and Complexity (AC4), created four short and engaging videos about intractable conflicts for AC4, an ...

DESCRIPTION: A special pop-up Sustain What webcast Join longtime journalist Andy Revkin of the Columbia Climate School in a solutions conversation with Tom Jackson, a ...

Mark Cane has never been one to follow the status quo. After studying pure mathematics and what is now known as computer science at Harvard in the 60s, he took a hiatus from academia to work in New ...

DESCRIPTION: Professor Jeffrey Sachs and the co-authors of CCSI’s new report, Ensuring Economic Viability and Sustainability of Coffee Production, hosted a one-hour webinar to discuss the report’s key ...