COP27 Columbia Climate Institute

“We urgently need science and technology to come up with new, smart, and actionable solutions to the climate crisis.” — Alex Halliday, founding president of the Columbia Climate Institute

Columbia Climate School Co-hosted the Talanoa Conversation Accelerating climate breakthroughs in small island developing States. Brianna Fruean, a young leader from Samoa, explained in her opening remarks that Talanoa means “to open a knot, but it also means to pull out threads that together we can weave into new tapestry and contribute to a better future.” s future.”

Climate Schools, with support from international collaborators, co-sponsors the Climate Justice Pavilion, founded by the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, WE ACT Center for Environmental Justice, and the Brad Center for Environmental and Climate Justice.

Rajiv Joshi (left), associate dean for climate action at the Columbia Climate Institute, discusses the future of climate cooperation among non-state actors with Paris Agreement co-creator and former Columbia University professor Laurence Tubiana; Chief Energy Minister of Kenya and Global Energy at Columbia University Andrew Kamau, Policy Center Adviser; Matthew John Keane, Minister for Energy, New South Wales, Australia. Watch a recording of the event here. Photo courtesy of Kite Insights

“Young people are brave where we are not. They have taken greater responsibility for solving crises and have a clear sense of what must be done. We must follow their lead.” — Kristina Douglass, Associate Professor, Columbia Climate Institute and Archaeologist and Anthropologist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Sonya Dyhrman, a biological oceanographer at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at the Columbia Climate Institute, presented her research in a campaign to remove carbon dioxide from the oceans.

The roundtable discussion, co-hosted by the Columbia Climate Institute and Columbia Business School, brought together senior leaders from a variety of industries and organizations to discuss the next generation of climate leaders. Discussions focused on what skills are in demand today and in the future, how to gain expertise in climate and sustainability, what young leaders are looking for in their career paths and how to make an impact.

Columbia Business School and the Columbia Climate Institute host an in-depth discussion on climate and finance. Panelists discussed how do we create markets and mechanisms that incentivize green investment? Which emerging technologies should we be paying attention to? How do we ensure that the impacts and benefits of investments and technologies are distributed equitably?