Arezou Raeisghasem, Assistant Director, arezou@ei.columbia.edu, 1-212-854-9896,
554 Schermerhorn Extension, 1190 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY 10027
WEBSITE: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/climatesociety/director.html
Description:
Climate and Society is a twelve-month program with an emphasis on problems posed to developing countries by climate variability and long term climate cchange. The program provides skills for students to understand the link between climate change and society and environment. The participants of the program have chance to engage in earth sciences, international relations, political science, sociology, and economics. The core courses provide students with scientific basis for interdisciplinary problem solving. Upon finishing the program graduates have practical information and tools to deal with climate variability and the consequences of the climate changes, and shocks.
Public Resources: The program hosts climate events that are open to the public and is affiliated with the following research institutes, departments, and schools:
The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences: eesc.columbia.edu
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science:
Henry Krumb School of Mines www.seas.columbia.edu/krumb
Earth Engineering Center www.seas.columbia.edu/earth
The Earth Institute at Columbia University: www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu
The International Research Institute for Climate and society: iri.columbia.edu
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory: www.ldeo.columbia.edu
Many of these affiliates host public events relating to climate change as well, and their websites contain a wealth of information about climate change science, policy responses and other relevant subjects.
