State of the Planet » Sustainable Development

Olivia Colton reflects on her experience in the military and how it connects with her education in environmental conservation.

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/04/19/army-veteran-and-environmental-advocate-a-sustainability-science-students-journey-to-columbia/

On March 27, the Undergraduate Sustainable Development Program invited all graduate and undergraduate students to learn more about the diverse paths sustainability work can take.

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/04/05/sustainable-development-program-hosts-annual-alumni-career-conversations-panel/

David trumps Goliath in this battle over natural resources.

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/03/14/a-grassroots-organization-stops-exploratory-drilling-in-chile/

Traveling by boat, we are finishing our data collection and equipment servicing in coastal Bangladesh.

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/03/05/finishing-the-coastal-service-run/

The sustainability of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta and Bangladesh depends on the balance of sea level rise, land subsidence and sedimentation. We are measuring the latter two across the coastal z...

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/02/27/servicing-my-gnss-gps-in-bangladesh-once-again/

Doctoral candidates or recent Ph.D., M.D., J.D. or Sc.D. recipients interested in research on sustainable development can apply by November 1.

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2023/09/15/columbia-climate-school-postdoctoral-research-program-now-accepting-applications-for-2024/

Panelists, including Columbia Climate School's Lisa Dale, discussed the role that mobile payments can play in response to climate change at a United Nations side event.

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2023/07/26/how-can-digital-payments-improve-climate-resilience-and-disaster-response/

Our group of 24 Americans and Bangladeshis continued to explore the Sundarbans mangrove forest, rice farming in embanked low-lying islands, and heritage sites of Bangladesh.

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2023/03/22/exploring-the-sundarbans-and-back-to-dhaka/

Our group of 23 American and Bangladeshi students and professors traveled from the Jamuna River to the Ganges and Gorai Rivers, and then down to an island on the edge of the Sundarbans, the world...

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2023/03/18/across-the-ganges-to-southwest-bangladesh-and-the-sundarbans/

My undergraduate Sustainable Development course is in Bangladesh for a Spring Break trip to see what they have been learning about. We will be touring the country by bus and boat to learn about t...

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2023/03/15/taking-my-class-to-bangladesh/