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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Writer Elizabeth Kolbert Is Cataloging the Climate Crisis – State of the Planet

As a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1999, Elizabeth Kolbert has spent decades informing the reading public about the science of our changing planet, the complicated part humans have played in climate change and the possible solutions for our future. Kolbert has traveled the world in pursuit of these stories, written countless essays […]
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Europe energy investments in North Africa ‘neocolonial’

European investments in energy and agriculture in Egypt and Morocco are extracting resources to the global north with little added value for the local economies, according to Greenpeace.  Governments, financial institutions and energy and agricultural companies in Europe paint claim investments in green energy projects in North Africa are for the mutual benefit of all […]
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How Congestion Pricing Will Benefit New York City – State of the Planet

After a comprehensive legislative and legal process that spanned decades, New York City became the first municipality in the U.S. to implement congestion pricing—an idea first proposed by Columbia University economist William Vickrey—on January 5, 2025. For many New Yorkers it couldn’t come soon enough. New York has been synonymous with traffic since at least […]
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Climate and Wildfire Researcher Caroline Juang – State of the Planet

As a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Caroline Juang is currently investigating how climate affects wildfires in the western United States—prescient in the face of the recent, catastrophic Los Angeles fires. She uses satellite data, big datasets and statistical modeling to try and understand […]
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A Climate and Society Student Seeks a Common Language Between Science and Policy – State of the Planet

Before joining the M.A. in Climate and Society program, Lina Maria Villegas spent several years as a military and contract linguist, learning an entirely new language and culture—an experience that awakened her curiosity about the world and led her back to school for geographic sciences at the University of Maryland. Now, Villegas is studying a […]
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The poverty of extreme wealth

Companies like JBS, the world’s largest meat processor, have been repeatedly linked to illegal deforestation, yet continue to enjoy financing from major banks and investors. These practices not only destroy ecosystems but also accelerate climate change and displace indigenous communities. The IPBES report underscores the urgent need to reform subsidies and investment patterns in these […]
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A Climate Change Signal in the Tropical Pacific – State of the Planet

Throughout the world, extreme weather is driving a growing death toll, exacting billions in damage, threatening food and water security and escalating forced migration. Yet some of the most sophisticated climate models—computer simulations of the Earth’s vast, complex climate system, based upon the laws of physics—are missing crucial signals. Now, a research paper published in […]
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Europe energy investments in North Africa ‘neocolonial’

European investments in energy and agriculture in Egypt and Morocco are extracting resources to the global north with little added value for the local economies, according to Greenpeace.  Governments, financial institutions and energy and agricultural companies in Europe paint claim investments in green energy projects in North Africa are for the mutual benefit of all […]
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Europe energy investments in North Africa ‘neocolonial’

European investments in energy and agriculture in Egypt and Morocco are extracting resources to the global north with little added value for the local economies, according to Greenpeace.  Governments, financial institutions and energy and agricultural companies in Europe paint claim investments in green energy projects in North Africa are for the mutual benefit of all […]
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