2025 CLIMATE WEEK NYC × COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL

Innovations in Climate Education

Friday, September 26
12-2 PM ET
Lunch will be provided with RSVP.

Columbia Business School, Henry Kravis Hall, Room 880
665 W 130th Street, New York, NY 10027
 

Join us for a lunchtime conversation on innovations in climate education during Climate Week NYC! 

As the world faces intensifying climate challenges, faculty must prepare students to drive meaningful, lasting change. We invite you to participate in an engaging discussion on climate change and faculty innovation in a rapidly changing environment. The event will include a mix of presentations and discussions on how university faculty are leveraging AI, simulations, and exciting tools, such as Open Climate Curriculum, to teach an increasingly climate-smart student body. Faculty and staff from all universities are welcome to attend.

Faculty are encouraged to contribute course syllabi to the Open Climate Curriculum ahead of the Climate Week event. This can be done directly on the platform or by emailing Lauren Vasek. By doing so, you are contributing to the growing number of educators globally from accredited institutions of higher learning committed to the mission of accelerating climate education. Select faculty will have the opportunity to showcase their contributions during the September 26th event. OpenCC has organically grown to over 700 registered users across 280 educational institutions, being featured in outlets such as the Financial Times and NPR’s Marketplace.

This lunch discussion is hosted by:

• Alexis Abramson, Dean, Columbia Climate School 

• Costis Maglaras, Dean, Columbia Business School

• Bruce Usher, Professor of Professional Practice; Co-director of the Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change; Elizabeth B. Strickler '86 and Mark T. Gallogly '86 Faculty Director, Columbia Business School

This event is co-presented by the Open Climate Curriculum, a Columbia Business School- managed collaborative platform aimed at accelerating the teaching of topics related to climate change globally, in close partnership with Columbia Climate School, and ClimateCAP, a Duke Fuqua School of Business-managed initiative. ClimateCAP is the premier learning resource for MBA students interested in the business of climate.

A full list of Columbia Business School's 2025 Climate Week NYC programming can be found here. 

Questions? Please contact Lauren Vasek, law2171@gsb.columbia.edu.