Columbia Climate Institute Named University Partner for New York Climate Week 2022
The Climate Group has selected the Columbia Climate School as a university partner for this year’s New York Climate Week. Held September 19-25, New York Climate Week brings together key climate leaders to accelerate climate action and is the largest global climate event of its kind.
“At a time of heightened urgency to address climate change, Columbia Climate School is proud to partner with New York Climate Week on this agenda-setting event series,” said Climate School Founding Dean Alex Halliday. “The kind of collaboration and collective action that New York Climate Week promotes is consistent with our school’s values and our efforts to translate knowledge into action to address the planet’s greatest challenges.”
Now in its 14th year, New York Climate Week is a pivotal time for business, government, civil society and a wider global audience to come together to showcase leading climate solutions and discuss how to do more, faster. It helps create global momentum for climate action.
Several in-person events at New York Climate Week 2022 will feature experts from the Columbia Climate School and will be hosted on Columbia’s campuses in Morningside Heights and Manhattanville.Information on speakers, delegates and the event programme can be found in the new New York Climate Week website.
“We are delighted to once again partner with Columbia Climate School to host this year’s New York Climate Week,” said Helen Clarkson, CEO of Climate Group. “Universities play a key role in educating the public, providing a clear analysis of science-based progress and goals, and developing the next generation of leaders who can ensure climate action is integrated across all sectors, so we can build a better future for humanity as a whole.”
Founded in 2020, the Columbia Climate School represents Columbia’s historic commitment to addressing the climate crisis. The first new school to be established in Colombia in 25 years, it is a center of research, learning and action. As the window to avoid the potentially catastrophic effects of climate change closes, Climate School takes advantage of Columbia’s ability to solve problems, educate future climate leaders, and generate the knowledge needed to design and inspire solutions. The school’s second class of freshmen arrived on campus this month.
Last year, New York Climate Week hosted more than 500 events from more than 30 countries around the world. This year, this week will build on that momentum with in-person events covering ten themes: built environment, energy, environmental justice, transportation, finance, sustainable living, nature, policy, industry and food.
“This is a critical decade for achieving deep reductions in carbon pollution and avoiding the most catastrophic impacts of climate change,” said Daniel Zarilli, special adviser on climate and sustainable development at Columbia University. “By naming the Columbia Climate School as the 2022 Climate New York Week’s university partner, The Climate Group, is affirming the vital role of universities like Columbia in empowering the next generation of leaders and delivering solutions that will help us end our reliance on fossil fuels. We look forward to another successful climate Working together last week as we all work towards achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and ensuring a livable planet for the next generation.”
Leading the Columbia Climate Institute are four of the university’s top climate experts: Alex Halliday, who is also director of the Columbia Earth Institute; Jason Bordoff, founding director of the Columbia Center for Global Energy Policy; University Professor Ruth DeVries; and Columbia Lamont – Maureen Remo, director of the Doherty Earth Observatory.
