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Climate Week in Photos

Columbia Engineering hosted events highlighting innovations for a sustainable future during Climate Week NYC.

October 11, 2024

Columbia Engineering celebrated Climate Week NYC Sept. 23-27 by hosting several events that brought together researchers and experts at the forefront of developing solutions to help the planet and society.

“Climate Week 2024 gave us the opportunity to share some of our most ambitious efforts in addressing climate concerns, guided by our Engineering for Humanity vision,” said Dean Shih-Fu Chang. This series of events featured 65 distinguished speakers and more than 2,800 registered attendees representing more than 1,300 institutions and companies. 

Sustainable Computing

The amount of energy that data centers consume is growing exponentially. Leaders from IBM and Meta joined academic researchers to discuss how to make computing sustainable.

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Credit: Steve Myaskovsky

Accelerating Fusion Energy

After a series of milestones in fusion R&D, this panel of experts explored progress and plans in the private sector and discussed the ambitious timelines of leading fusion startup companies.

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Credit: Brandon Vallejo

CEEC Symposium

The Columbia Electrochemical Energy Center hosted its third annual symposium, featuring research reports and talks on green hydrogen, grid-scale energy storage, and critical materials.

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Credit: Sirin Samman

Launching the EarthOn Foundation

Columbia Engineering hosted the launch of the EarthOn Foundation, which develops interventions and policy guidance to mitigate climate change, address poverty, and promote health and local economies.

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Credit: Sirin Samman

Climate Change and Flood Risk

This workshop on climate models and flood risk was hosted by LEAP, an NSF-funded Science and Technology Center aimed at improving the reliability, utility, and reach of climate projections.

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Credit: Brandon Vallejo

Learning from the AI Revolution

Pierre Gentine delivered the first talk in Columbia Engineering’s new Lecture Series in AI. In his talk, Gentine described the remarkable impact of these technologies on climate change projections.

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Credit: Brandon Vallejo

Towards Sustainable Cities

This panel discussion and technology showcase highlighted innovative work at the interface of environmental science, engineering, public health, data science, economics, policy, and community.

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Credit: Diane Bondareff

To view recordings from many of our Climate Week events, visit the Climate Week playlist on the Columbia Engineering YouTube channel.