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 ...

On November 27, Walter Baethgen the director of the Latin America and the Caribbean Program at the Earth Institute’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) was awarded the ...

Many of the world's poor rely on household lighting from inefficient and polluting household technologies for cooking and lighting. Among the world's poorest, traditional biomass fuels (firewood, dung ...

Columbia University’s Earth Institute, Columbia College and the School of General Studies launched the undergraduate major in sustainable development in the fall of 2010. Students may continue to ...

We remain committed to finding extraordinary solutions to unprecedented world challenges, and this report highlights some of our innovative projects in research, policy and education. The past year ...

Robert Pollack, biology professor and the director of the Earth Institute’s Center for the Study of Science and Religion, sums up his academic interests on the biology department’s Web site this way: ...

When you hear “Client Service Manager for JPMorgan Chase,” you may not think of the interactions between climate and society. Yet, that is the position that Victoria Rosoff held when she applied for ...

Many of the world’s leading experts in earth, biological, social, and health sciences work on a broad body of research related to climate and climate change at the Earth Institute: Continued ...

Given the key role of ecology in sustainable development, we are committed to educating K-12 Teachers, a critical cohort who carry forward the work of sustainable development. The wellbeing of youth ...

What can satellite imagery tell us about the impact of humanity’s transformation of the landscape on climate and ecosystems? A lot, according to Ruth DeFries, ecosystems expert, Denning Professor of ...

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 ...