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.
With China’s economic growth slowing at the same time that its emissions continue to rise, it is clear that its carbon-intensive investment model has run its course. Chinese leaders urgently need to follow advanced economies in shifting toward greater domestic consumption and reduced energy demand.
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.
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.
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.
Our approach so far to ESG is ‘fundamentally flawed,’ argues veteran investor Terrence Keeley in a conversation with CBS Professor Shivaram Rajgopal.
These Columbia-affiliated founders discuss how their innovations are shaping a more water-conscious world.
Here's what happened when CBS Climate Economist Gernot Wagner overhauled his leaky, 200-year-old New York City co-op.
A new study by Columbia Business School Professor Sandra C. Matz, Academic Director in Executive Education Moran Cerf, and Northwestern University Professor Malcolm A. MacIver, tests the effectiveness of climate prediction markets in boosting support, concern, and knowledge around climate action.
At this year’s event, headlined Climate × Data, five common themes emerged from panel discussions and interactive presentations.