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November 30, 2023
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What Is COP28 and Why Is It Important?

CBS Professors Bruce Usher and Gernot Wagner share their insights on the the annual climate gathering and the School’s role in shaping the future of climate education.

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How to Think about Climate-Tech Solutions

To think that technology will save us from climate change is to invite riskier behavior, or moral hazard. Whether a climate solution creates new problems has little to do with the solution, and everything to do with us.

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Smoke from wildfires blanketed cities many places across the Northeast and Midwest this week, leading to air quality at unhealthy levels in many regions and turning skies orange.
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We Can’t Prevent All Wildfires. But We Can Learn from the Ones Burning Now.

The wildfires should finally put to rest any of the doubts that deep and sustained cuts to our burning of fossil fuels are indeed warranted, says Professor Gernot Wagner.

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December 07, 2022
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Does Divesting From ‘Sin Stocks’ Really Hurt Targeted Companies?

New research challenges the accepted wisdom that shunning companies that fail to meet your values puts pressure on them or puts them out of business.

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December 07, 2022
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Investing in the Era of Climate Change: A conversation with Professor Bruce Usher

Columbia Business School Professor Bruce Usher discusses his new book, which outlines the risks and opportunities for investors from climate change, and how current students and alumni are addressing major environmental challenges.

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October 19, 2022
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‘We Are Bigger Than Our Problems’

Three takeaways from the 2022 Brazil Climate Summit held at Columbia Business School’s Manhattanville campus

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Republicans plan more attacks on ESG. Investors still plan to focus on climate risk

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Mayor Adams' record-breaking $102B budget paints a foggy future for climate initiatives

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Global Diplomats Are Talking about Climate Change — Again. Does It Do Any Good?

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COP27 Reaches Breakthrough Agreement on New “Loss and Damage” Fund for Vulnerable Countries

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Carbon Dioxide as a Risky Asset

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Declining crop yields limit the potential of bioenergy

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Is Physical Climate Risk Priced? Evidence from Regional Variation in Exposure to Heat Stress

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The Cost to Achieve Net-Zero

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Climate Faculty in the Media

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February 3, 2023
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Mayor Adams' record-breaking $102B budget paints a foggy future for climate initiatives

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December 29, 2022
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Republicans plan more attacks on ESG. Investors still plan to focus on climate risk

National Public Radio
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November 12, 2022
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Carbon Market under Pressure to Deliver Billions in Climate Funding

The Wall Street Journal
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November 6, 2022
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Global Diplomats Are Talking about Climate Change — Again. Does It Do Any Good?

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October 26, 2023
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Taming Carbon ... When the Price Is Right

Across (and sometimes even within) academic disciplines, no topic under the broad umbrella of climate economics tolerates quite so large a gap between facts and dogma, and between the power of a seemingly simple idea on the one hand and raw political power on the other.

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October 18, 2023
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Climate and Clean Energy Policy in the Post-inflation Reduction Act World

At the inaugural event for the new Climate Change and New American Economy Series, Brian Deese, MIT innovation fellow and former director of the National Economic Action Council at the White House, discusses climate action and economic opportunity.

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October 1, 2023
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The Green Growth Mindset

Heated academic debates between proponents and opponents of traditional economic growth under capitalism might make for good television, but they offer little in the way of solutions. Climate change demands that we achieve both growth and degrowth, depending on the activity and economic sector in question.

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September 18, 2023
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The Future of ESG: Overhauling Our Approach to Saving the World

Our approach so far to ESG is ‘fundamentally flawed,’ argues veteran investor Terrence Keeley in a conversation with CBS Professor Shivaram Rajgopal.

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August 4, 2023
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Turning Trash into Treasure: A CBS Alum Champions the Circular Economy, Sustainable Entrepreneurship

With investments in dozens of companies worldwide, Ron Gonen '04 closes the loop on sustainable economic practices.

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