Join longtime journalist Andy Revkin of the Columbia Climate School in an exploration of the latest efforts to use film and TV to engage audiences with human-driven climate change. Andy’s guests are: Scott Z. Burns, writer, director and executive producer of the Apple TV+ series “Extrapolations” (Among many other credits, Burns also wrote the screenplay for the prescient 2011 pandemic thriller “Contagion”) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1994243 Extrapolations is an eight-part limited series interlacing a globe-spanning, time-spanning set of climate stories from the near future. The final segment runs on Friday April 21. Show info: https://apple.co/3Kwat2s Anna Jane Joyner, founder of Good Energy, a nonprofit consultancy helping filmmakers tackle climate-related themes. https://www.goodenergystories.com Ben Eckersley, an early-career filmmaker focused on telling climate stories that reveal “how our economic needs conflict with environmental and ethical aspirations.” https://www.animula.net
Please click here for more information and viewing options; https://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/view/telling-climate-stories-on-screen
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This webinar will discuss the “quartet of initiatives” to request advisory opinions on climate change from these judicial bodies in three panels. Panel 1 discusses how we got there through a conversation with the campaigners and government representatives responsible for the mobilization to construct the requests. Panel 2 will invite a comparative analysis from legal experts on the legal questions posed to the judicial bodies. Panel 3 will provide some practical answers into the different legal processes and timelines moving forward.
Full program is listed below:
8.30 am: Welcome and Opening Statement: Maria Antonia Tigre, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School
8.45-9.45 am: Panel 1: How Did We Get Here? A Conversation with the Campaigners and Government Representatives
Moderator: Lea Main-Klingst
Speakers: Vishal Prasad, PISFCC; Payam Akhavan; Lúcia Solano, UN Mission of Colombia
9.45-10.45 am: Panel 2: Where Are We Now? The Legal Questions Posed to the Judicial Bodies
Moderator: Dina Lupin
Speakers: Julian Aguon and Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, Blue Ocean Law; Irini Papanicolopulu (Milano Bicocca); Claudia de Windt
10.45-11.00 am: BREAK
11.00-12.00 pm: Panel 3: Where Are We Going? Next Steps and the Legal Processes Moving Forward
Moderator: Armando Rocha
Speakers: Julia Sherman, Three Crowns LLP; Rozemarijn Roland Holst, Durham University; Rodrigo Jose da Costa Sales, Open Society Foundation; Yusra Suedi, LSE
Building a Climate Resistant NYC presented by taste of science NYC!
Join us to hear from two speakers who work at understanding the effect of climate change on NYC and how to increase resiliency through science. We are proud to host two NYC speakers researching climate impact on our economy, livelihood and climate justice.
Our Speakers Include:
Agata Poniatowski (she/her): Billion Oyster Project: Restoration through Education and Education Through Restoration
When Agata learned the definition of endangered in elementary school, the Long Island, New York native immediately knew her answer to that recurring question: what do you want to be when you grow up? From founding a Save the Pandas club at school to taking her passion into adulthood by interning for several companies like WCS Water Quality Lab, World Cares Center Inc. Outreach, and WWF Freshwater in the Living Himalayas, Agata’s professional trajectory was always met with purpose and intention. As Billion Oyster Project’s Outreach and Engagement Manager, the Oyster Research Station Program engaging with schools throughout New York City, providing outdoor education opportunities, community engagement and developing harbor related informal education curriculum, Agata continues to expand on her previous roles of Research Associate Technician, and Education Outreach Coordinator, plus effectively utilizing her degree and studies from CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies in the Sustainable Development and Natural Resource Management department.twitter//instagram
Marco is a Lamont Research Professor at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University and Adjunct Scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS). He received his Laurea degree and PhD in Italy, from the University of Naples and the Italian National Research Council. He then spent five years as a postdoc and research scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. He moved to CCNY in 2008 as an Assistant Professor where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2012. During his time at CCNY, he founded and directed the Cryosphere Processes Laboratory and was a rotating Program Manage at the National Science Foundation between 2013 and 2015. In January 2016, he joined Columbia University. Dr. Tedesco’s research focuses on the dynamics of seasonal snowpack, ice sheet surface properties, high latitude fieldwork, global climate change and its implications on the economy, real estate and climate justice.twitter
Join host Andy Revkin of the Columbia Climate School in a straight-talking brainstorm on what’s really needed to cut the carbon out of the American energy menu in these turbulent times. His guest is Jigar Shah, the longtime renewable-energy investor who now leads the Department of Energy’s loan program.
For more information and viewing options please click here: https://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/view/jigar-shah-on-sustaining-carbon-progress-in-an-energy-crisis Shah's bio is here: https://www.energy.gov/lpo/person/jigar-shah Explore more then 250 conversations on sustainability and climate challenges: http://j.mp/sustainwhatlive Sign up for alerts on Revkin's Sustain What webcasts and his newsletter here: http://j.mp/revkinbulletin
On Fridays, join Andy Revkin and/or Dale Willman of the Columbia Climate School’s Initiative on Communication & Sustainability for a brisk review of the week’s hot climate and sustainability news and a look at brewing issues that hide behind sound bites and tweets. Guests this week include members of the Environmental Defense Fund team who have spent more than a decade conducting research that has greatly clarified both the extent of the methane problem facing the oil and gas industry and paths to fixing it.
See: http://edf.org/methane-timeline Subscribe to Sustain What (webcast alerts and newsletter): http://j.mp/revkinbulletin http://climate.columbia.edu
Please click here for more information and viewing options; https://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/view/friday-news-review-methane-in-the-hot-seat
Climate LIVE K12 (formerly EI LIVE K12) is dedicated to bringing the science of sustainability to K12 students, educators, and parents.
Target Audience: Grades 9-12, Undergraduates, Educators, the Public
Disasters and climate have impacts all across the globe, but the type and severity of climatic disasters vary geographically. This session will examine the impact of disasters and climate change on small islands, placing a special emphasis on extreme events in the Caribbean region.
A link to join the session will be provided to all registered participants 24 hours in advance.
If you would like to submit any questions before the event, please send them to Laurel Zaima-Sheehy ([email protected])
Presenter: Hannah Dancy, Project Coordinator, National Center for Disaster Preparedness
Target Audience: Grades 8-12, Educators, the Public
For many, a changing climate means increasing frequency and intensity of all types of natural disaster, including floods, droughts, fires, and windstorms. New infrastructure can be costly to build and maintain, and old infrastructure crumbles under the stress of a modern climate. In this session, we will discuss natural strategies to adapt to disaster that have become 'un'natural, and what other services these novel strategies can provide to our communities.
Energy Companies and the Energy Transition: Transforming the Organization
The transition away from a fossil fuel-based energy system to one based on cleaner energy technologies raises profound questions for traditional oil and gas companies. In looking to the world’s future energy requirements, some of these companies are looking for ways to evolve into broader energy companies to reach net-zero targets by 2050. They will require new capabilities, leadership, and cultures as they shift their business models, capital allocation, and organizational capabilities.
To better understand the opportunities, experiences, and challenges facing oil and gas companies in adapting to the energy transition, the Center on Global Energy Policy will host a panel of experts with experience in the sector.
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This webinar will be hosted via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email with access details. The event will be recorded and the video recording will be added to our website following the event.
This event is open to press, and registration is required to attend. For media inquiries or requests for interviews, please contact Natalie Volk ([email protected]).
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Friday News Review and Closer Look Join Andy Revkin and/or Dale Willman of the Columbia Climate School Initiative on Communication & Sustainability for a brisk review of the week’s climate & sustainability news and a closer look at climate stories where data are scant and beliefs run hot. Guests include journalists Seth Borenstein and Alexandria Herr and scientists Dana Fisher, director of the Program for Society and the Environment at the University of Maryland, and Lisa Schipper, an Oxford scholar who co-edits the journal Climate & Development. Seth Borenstein is a longtime science reporter for the Associated Press with a deep focus on climate and disasters. https://twitter.com/borenbears Read his May 8 feature on scientists under pressure in belief-shaped debates: https://apnews.com/article/climate-scientists-optimism-d1f2de75f853af68fef4f5a7e3e69071 Alexandria Herr is a Minneapolis-based freelance journalist focused on climate science and policy and spanning a host of media, including cartoons. https://www.alexandriaherr.com/about Dana R. Fisher is a professor of sociology and director of the Program for Society and the Environment at the University of Maryland. https://twitter.com/fisher_danar
She contributed a section to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report assessing if climate activism can slow climate change (It’s hard.) and wrote a new paper on the scope of crisis required to propel climate-scale climate campaigns. https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s44168-022-00011-8 Lisa Schipper is an Oxford social scientist focused on adaptation to climate change including "maladaptation" - steps intended to cut climate risk that can cut in the opposite direction, particularly for populations already vulnerable because of prejudice or poverty. A relevant commentary: https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-why-avoiding-climate-change-maladaptation-is-vital This tweet of hers spurred a highly relevant discussion about what journalists do and don't cover: https://twitter.com/schipper_lisa/status/1524340971177132032 Subscribe to stay abreast of Sustain What webcasts and receive Andy Revkin's free twice-weekly newsletter of the same name: http://j.mp/revkinbulletin Get in touch with ideas or feedback! http://j.mp/sustainwhatfeedback
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It has been more than six years since COP 21 was held in Paris in December 2015. We’re now able to take a step back, take stock, and ask some important questions about the Paris process: How can very ambitious emissions reduction goals be met by voluntary national commitments? Do commitments translate into transformative policies? What are the most promising mechanisms, initiatives, and developments that could enable developing countries to deliver on ambitious emissions reduction targets? How does the formal regime (post-Paris process) interact with initiatives, actions and commitments from the industrial and financial sectors? How will the aftermath of the invasion of Ukraine impact international climate policy? The Center on Global Energy Policy and the Columbia Global Centers | Paris will host a panel of experts to address these questions, and more. Moderator:
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This webinar will be hosted via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email with access details. The event will be recorded and the video recording will be added to our website following the event. This event is open to press, and registration is required to attend. For media inquiries or requests for interviews, please contact Natalie Volk ([email protected]). For more information about the event, please contact [email protected].
Visions of The Future: Using Art and Storytelling to Confront Climate Anxiety [formerly "Climate Doom and Eco-Anxiety"]
This will be a Q&A panel event with four panelists working on climate change and the way it shapes mental health, media, art, and activism. Climate anxiety is the feelings of grief, despair, angst, and doom surrounding the deterioration of the climate. Climate anxiety is on the rise, 2/3rds of young Americans and over half of all Americans are anxious about its effect on their mental health. As young people witness slow action to address climate change, this feeling of anxiety continues to grow. The panelists will delve into how various forms of art and activism can foster hope and engagement as we work through climate anxiety. The audience will learn more about resources and opportunities to address mental health while staying active in pushing for change. This conversation will be hosted over Zoom and will be moderated by Columbia undergraduate student and Columbia Climate Conversations creator, Lauren Ritchie. The event will be open to anyone who RSVPs, not limited to only Columbia students.
There is a important connection between green spaces and environmental justice. Join this session to learn about the many benefits of green spaces and how you can build your own with houseplants!
Presenter: Alex de Sherbinin, Senior Research Scientist and Associate Director for Science Applications, Center for International Earth Science Information Network
Target Audience: Grades 9-12, Undergraduate, Educators, the Public
Climate change is slowly reshaping settlement patterns as humans respond to increasing variability and extremes. People may move voluntarily, they may be forced or encouraged to move through incentives, or they may be displaced and either stay in their new location or return. We will explore these topics as they related to climate mobility in both high and low income settings throughout the world, including the implications for climate justice.
Join longtime climate journalist Andy Revkin of the Columbia Climate School with Loyola University New Orleans environmental law professor and author Rob Verchick and the artist and photographer Virginia Hanusik. Verchick’s new book, "The Octopus in the Parking Garage" (Columbia University Press) cuts deep behind the overused word resilience to reveal the traits and capacities necessary to live with climate and coastal change. http://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-octopus-in-the-parking-garage/9780231555104 Hanusik, long based in south Louisiana, explores the interplay of landscape, culture and the built environment in images, writing and presentations. Her website: http://www.virginiahanusik.com Hanusik's work is currently in an exhibition and event series called Periphery, at the MAS Context Reading Room in Chicago: https://mascontext.com/events/periphery
Please click here for more information and viewing options; https://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/view/a-lawyer-and-a-photographer-explore-climate-resilience-and-its-absence
Registration is free but required. Please register here. (You will automatically receive a Zoom link to join the event upon registration).
Limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, in line with the Paris Agreement, requires significant reductions in emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (GHG) by 2030 and net-zero GHG emissions by mid-century, and ultimately depends on a rapid shift away from fossil fuels.
As we take measures to decarbonize the global energy system, we also need to consider the distributional equity impacts of the energy transition on workers, communities, states, and foreign and domestic investors, and to reflect on the role that international and domestic legal frameworks play and should play in addressing those impacts.
The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law - joint centers of the Earth Institute / Columbia Climate School and Columbia Law School at Columbia University - will co-host a 90-minute webinar on April 14 at 9am EST / 3pm CEST, focusing on legal approaches to compensation for a just energy transition.
Webinar discussions will cover, among others, the following topics:
Michael Burger, Executive Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Join host Andy Revkin of the Columbia Climate School and Bulletin journalists Antonio Mora and Nina Ignaczak (Michigan Climate News) in a live look at paths to congressional action on climate-safe energy policy after years of partisan paralysis. Our special guest is Representative Sean Casten of the 6th District of Illinois - a member of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis - and we’re still working on getting a member of the Republican House Conservative Climate Caucus. Mora's "A View from the Center" column: https://aviewfromthecenter.bulletin.com/ Ignaczak's Michigan Climate News: https://planetmichigan.bulletin.com/ Subscribe to Revkin's Sustain What webcasts and column: http://j.mp/revkinbulletin House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis https://climatecrisis.house.gov/ House Conservative Climate Caucus: https://curtis.house.gov/conservative-climate-caucus/
Please click here for more information and viewing options. https://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/view/can-congress-get-beyond-posturing-as-energy-and-climate-crises-collidequestion
Building upon the past 12 Columbia Climate Conversations focused on climate and social justice, the Environmental Justice Summit event invites individuals to learn more about representation and inclusivity from keynote Leah Thomas, founder of Intersectional Environmentalist.
This registration is for virtual viewing of the keynote address. If you would like to attend the Summit in-person, please register here: https://events.columbia.edu/go/enviro_justice_summit
Leah Thomas is an eco-communicator, aka an environmentalist with a love for writing and creativity, based in Ventura, CA. She’s passionate about advocating for and exploring the relationship between social justice and environmentalism. She is the founder of the eco-lifestyle blog @greengirlleah and The Intersectional Environmentalist Platform, which is a resource and media hub that aims to advocate for environmental justice + inclusivity within environmental education + movements. Her articles have appeared in Vogue, Elle, The Good Trade, and Youth to the People and she has been featured in Harper’s Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP and numerous podcasts. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from Chapman University and worked for the National Park Service and Patagonia HQ before pursuing environmentalism full time. Learn more about Leah and her mission.
The International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) presents its climate forecast briefing. The IRI's seasonal, sub-seasonal and ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) forecasts are discussed in this monthly briefing by IRI climate scientists Azhar Ehsan and Bohar Singh. For more information, please visit: https://iri.columbia.edu/our-expertise/climate/
Recordings of the briefing are posted at https://iri.columbia.edu/enso
In the face of the climate crisis, cities across the world are emerging as integral problem-solvers in the development of an effective, multi-layered response. This webinar aims to discuss some of the most impactful and sustainable urban food safety and security actions. It will take the form of an online dialogue between city officials from New York City, Rio de Janeiro, and Milan and center on how cities design and manage their food policies. The discussion will be moderated by City Diplomacy Lab Director Lorenzo Kihlgren Grandi. The webinar is the second in a series of three entitled "Cities and Climate Solutions." The series celebrates the leadership of cities and provides inspiration for the thousands of cities and local governments around the world committed to shaping the global response to climate change. Cities and Climate Solutions is a collaboration between the City Diplomacy Lab and Columbia Global Centers | Paris. This event is also co-sponsored by Columbia Global Centers | Rio de Janeiro.
Apr 19, 2023, 12:00 PM US Eastern time // 6:00 PM Paris time
Register here: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aBegviUlRrGN8W2YaLxm9Q
Join longtime journalist Andy Revkin of the Columbia Climate School in a LIVE exploration of "Not Too Late" – a book of essays, teaching guide and wider project aiming at energizing and empowering “newcomers to the climate movement and people who are already engaged but weary.” Guest include book co-editor, author and activist Rebecca Solnit and contributors Jacquelyn Gill, a University of Maine paleoecologist and masterful writer and online communicator; and Ed Carr, a Clark University geographer and anthropologist and IPCC author focused on climate-resilient development. Others may join, including Thelma Young Lutunatabua, who is book co-editor and a digital storyteller and activist, currently at The Solutions Project. Explore the book and project: https://nottoolateclimate.com Subscribe to Andy's Sustain What project: https://revkin.substack.com/subscribe
Please click here for more information and viewing options; https://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/view/why-there-s-no-too-late-for-climate-action
As the climate threat accelerates, the call for a rapid and sustained reduction in greenhouse gas emissions grows more urgent. Meeting these demands will require profound changes. How will our society make this shift and how will it reshape our lives and communities?
The world’s cities hold tremendous potential and promise.
On April 21, 2022 at 6 pm EDT, join us for a special Earth Day edition of Columba Climate School’s Earth Series, as Climate School Dean Alex Halliday welcomes two of Columbia University’s visionary innovators. Design researcher, Professor and Dean Emerita of Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) Amale Andraos and the Robert A.W and Christine S. Carleton Professor of Civil Engineering, smart cities expert Andrew Smyth will join Alex to talk about their pathbreaking work and their concepts for the future of the built environment.
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Amale Andraos is Professor and Dean Emerita of Columbia GSAPP.
Andrew Smyth is a Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University.
The Moderator:
Alex Halliday is the Founding Dean of the Columbia Climate School and Director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute.
For more information and to register for this event please click here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-change-and-the-future-of-our-cities-tickets-305667007247
Program Fee: Free to City Bar and NYSBA members | $15 for non-member attorneys | Free to the public. Members of the NYSBA and non-lawyers please call Customer Relations at 212.382.6663 to register.Please Note: A final confirmation containing the Zoom link and Access Code to join the event will be sent to ALL registrants 2 hours prior to the start of the event. Description: The 3rd Annual Earth Day Climate Change Symposium will focus on climate change, and how mitigation efforts will require widespread electrification and clean energy. We will hear from a scientist regarding recent findings concerning climate change, and from other speakers about advances toward the goals of New York State’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, the steps taken by New York City with regard to clean energy including Local Law 97, and the challenges ahead on the local, state, and national levels, including work that must be done to achieve equity goals.Speakers:Ben Furnas, Executive Director, 2030 Project: A Cornell Climate InitiativeMichael B. Gerrard, Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice, Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School; author of Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States, among other works Noah C. Shaw, Partner, Foley Hoag LLP Ruth DeFries, University Professor, Denning Family Professor of Sustainable Development, and Co-Founding Dean of the Columbia Climate School, Columbia UniversityRebecca Isacowitz, Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy Moderator: Carl Howard, Co-Chair, Global Climate Change Committee, New York State Bar Association Environmental and Energy Law Section; Assistant Regional Counsel, EPA, Region 2
For more information and to register for this event please click https://services.nycbar.org/EventDetail?EventKey=ENV042222&WebsiteKey=f71e12f3-524e-4f8c-a5f7-0d16ce7b3314
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