Olga Rukovets

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  1. Environmental Science

A Climate and Society Student on Environmentalism and Collaboration With Local Communities – State of the Planet

Olivia Palma and a Shipibo elder in Caimito, Peru, filming a mini-documentary for Emergence Magazine. Photo Credit: Jeremy Seifert Olivia Palma used to think there was a disconnect between her interests in humanitarian work and environmental activism. But after finishing college at Lehigh University, Palma began working with an Indigenous community in Peru on conservation […]
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What Role Can Climate Change Play in the Courtroom? – State of the Planet

Columbia’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law focuses on four program areas: cross-cutting issues and initiatives, energy law, environmental and land use law, and international and foreign law. As the number of legal efforts involving each of these categories continues to grow, the center has positioned itself as a resource hub for tracking and analyzing […]
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Europe’s Plan to Achieve Net-Zero Emissions in a Complex World – State of the Planet

Last week, the Columbia Climate School Signature Speaker Series welcomed Hans Bruyninckx, former executive director of the European Environmental Agency, to talk about “The European Green Deal: The pathway to net-zero emissions in a complex global context.” Bruyninckx gave a primer on the current challenges and opportunities the E.U. is facing when it comes to climate […]
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Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Celebrates 75 Years of Geosciences – State of the Planet

The scientists at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory have been on the forefront of groundbreaking research in the Earth sciences for the past 75 years, raising awareness of humanity’s growing impact on the natural world—and in turn the natural world’s impact on humanity.   Founded in 1949 as the Lamont Geological Observatory, Lamont has consistently served as […]
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Study Finds Subway Pollution Is Too High—With a Disproportionate Effect on Black and Hispanic Riders – State of the Planet

NYC Subway 1 train at 125th street. Credit: Mtattrain via Wikimedia Commons. Most New Yorkers are aware of the pollution caused by cars and trucks. But while we pride ourselves on public transit alternatives, how many of us have considered the air quality on the subway? Recently, a postdoctoral researcher at the Columbia Climate School—Shams […]
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A Field Trip with South Bronx Unite – State of the Planet

The South Bronx is a coastal community without a waterfront. Severed from the shore, two South Bronx neighborhoods—Mott Haven and Port Morris—are saturated with waste facilities, power plants and warehouses, and crisscrossed with highways that carry diesel trucks throughout the community. Local residents experience significantly more asthma hospitalizations that elsewhere in New York City, and […]
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Here Comes the Sun—and the Extreme Heat – State of the Planet

Extreme heat. Credit: Drought.gov We’re only on the precipice of summer, but already a major heat wave has swept much of the Midwest and Northeast, raising serious alarms in the United States and placing more than 94 million people under heat alert in recent days. After an unprecedented 2023, which was the planet’s warmest year […]
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New Report Provides a Ranking of Sustainability Around the World – State of the Planet

As the world continues to face new challenges connected to climate change, how do we tally national and global efforts toward achieving sustainability goals and addressing intensifying environmental concerns? For the last 25 years, the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) has collaborated with the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy on […]
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This Earth Day, Select the Planet Over Plastics – State of the Planet

In honor of Earth Day on April 22, the Local weather College has a wide range of nice occasions and tales lined up all through the whole month of April. Discover out extra right here.  Since 1970, each April 22 has served as a salient reminder of the pressing want for larger environmental consciousness and local […]
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Catherine McKenna on Her Life, Work and Preserving the World for Future Generations – State of the Planet

Catherine McKenna, Canada’s former Minister of Surroundings and Local weather Change and a senior analysis scholar at Columbia’s Local weather Faculty, by no means imagined turning into a politician. “What did I wish to do once I grew up? I didn’t care about politics,” stated McKenna, at a current occasion on the Local weather Faculty. […]
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