Climate change is the biggest problem we face, and it doesn’t fit neatly in a disciplinary silo. I’m excited to work with students who are ready to reach across boundaries and give them the skills they need to change the world!

Students should take away the basics of climate change and understand how climate impacts decision-making in their sector of interest. Enhancing their knowledge of the physical science is a must as well as understanding the importance of social science in the context of climate risk management.

By Apoorva Mathur, C+S ’15 Alessandra Giannini has been interested in the nexus of climate and society since first joining Columbia’s PhD program in Earth and Environmental Sciences. When she returned to Columbia in 2003 after completing postdoctoral research at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, she joined the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) staff as… read more

We caught up with Brian Kahn, Wed Editor at Climate Central (and C+S alum!), who co-teaches Applications in Climate and Society to talk about Climate and Society, his work at Climate Central and much more.

By Nadav Gazit, Climate and Society ’13 We caught up with Tony Barnston, the head of forecast operations at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society, who teaches the Climate and Society core class Quantitative Models of Climate-Sensitive Natural and Human Systems, to talk about Climate and Society, his research and more. What does… read more