Climate School - Revision history

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Johanna at 20:50, 21 February 2021

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Johanna: Created sections for readability

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Johanna: added town halls info

2020-09-19T16:42:51Z

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Karlymarx: link update

2020-09-19T03:18:00Z

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Johanna at 03:08, 19 September 2020

2020-09-19T03:08:30Z

Johanna: added info on ASCRI, divestment in light of Bollinger's mention of it in the announcement (could be a new page?)

2020-09-19T03:07:59Z

added info on ASCRI, divestment in light of Bollinger's mention of it in the announcement (could be a new page?)

Karlymarx: Section updates

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-President Bollinger created a Climate Change Task Force led by new-ish director of the Earth Institute Alex Halliday in September 2019 "to consider what more the University should be doing with respect to climate change" (email, Sept 19, 2019). "Are we marshaling our academic resources in ways that are proportionate to the magnitude and gravity of the challenges civilization will face? If we should be doing more, what would that entail and what structures within the University should be created to enhance our research, teaching, and engagement?"
+In July of 2020, Columbia University announced the creation of the Columbia Climate School. The Climate School would build upon Columbia's many existing environmental and sustainability structures such as the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), the Center for Climate Systems Research (CCSR), Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), and more.
-On January 30, 2020, President Bollinger released the report, which proposed the formation of a climate school "like no other". Bollinger additionally announced that he was going to appoint a Chief Climate Officer (CCO), who will report directly to him, that Commencement 2020 (canceled due to coronavirus) would be plastic water bottle free (usually they hand out tons of them), that he would like "new ideas" on divestment be submitted to [[ASCRI]] *, and his commitment that Columbia be carbon neutral by 2050 if not sooner (this following two years of campaigning by [https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2019/01/30/columbia-carbon-neutrality/ Columbia for Carbon Neutrality].
+==Process of Formation==
-The 104-page report described the current areas of strength in the university, the ways the task force engaged with the rest of the university for feedback, the reasons for creating a climate school, and how it might function. The task force held multiple town halls to hear from multiple parts of the University.<ref>[https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2019/11/12/university-wide-climate-change-task-force-seeks-to-involve-students-in-steps-toward-sustainable-future/ Spectator: Task Force Town Halls]</ref> <ref>[https://bwog.com/2019/11/climate-change-task-force-town-hall-the-climate-entity/ Bwog: Task Force Town Hall]</ref> It emphasized a systems-level, interdisciplinary approach to research, two-way engagement with the public, and "bringing knowledge to actions. The transdisciplinary research themes identified were Living with a Changing Planet, Climate Management, and Climate and an Ethical Society. The report proposed a "hub and spokes" model to resist inflexible bureaucracy that starts with recruiting existing faculty for dual-appointments with the climate school and creating joint degree/certificate programs.
+The decision to create a Climate School was informed by the University Task Force on Climate, a committee created in the fall of 2019 to assess what Columbia University could do to address the climate crisis and subsequent challenges. Alex Halliday, the current director of the Columbia Earth Institute,  was appointed as the leader of the Climate Change Task Force. In a 104-page report released to the public on January 30, 2020, the task force put forth 11 recommendations regarding the potential impact that Columbia University could have regarding mitigating the climate crisis, the second of which being that, “The University should form a Climate School uniquely "built around inter- and transdisciplinary engagement and partnership.”<ref>[https://president.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/Report%20of%20the%20Climate%20Change%20Task%20Force.pdf Task Force Report]</ref>
-On July 10, 2020, President Bollinger announced that the university trustees unanimously voted for the creation of the Columbia Climate School. From Halliday's July 13 blog post, "Why do we need a climate school?", it seems they will be taking the next three years to design and start the school. In an August email, Halliday wrote: "it already is clear that programs in de-carbonization, sea-level change, and food security will be major areas of expansion. At the same time, we will build upon cross-cutting expertise in climate finance, disaster resilience, environmental justice and law, communication and the arts, and climate policy and services."
+The report described the current areas of strength in the university, the ways the task force engaged with the rest of the university for feedback, the reasons for creating a climate school, and how it might function. During the preparation of the report, the task force held multiple town halls to hear from multiple parts of the University.<ref>[https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2019/11/12/university-wide-climate-change-task-force-seeks-to-involve-students-in-steps-toward-sustainable-future/ Spectator: Task Force Town Halls]</ref> <ref>[https://bwog.com/2019/11/climate-change-task-force-town-hall-the-climate-entity/ Bwog: Task Force Town Hall]</ref>
-<nowiki>*</nowiki> Bollinger characterized ASCRI as an "efficient and highly effective group." [[Extinction Rebellion|Columbia Extinction Rebellion]], which previously held a [https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2019/11/19/cu-extinction-rebellion-announces-week-long-hunger-strike/ week-long hunger strike] for divestment and other commitments from the university, worked with climate Law Professor Michael Gerrard to create a [https://www.finance.columbia.edu/files/gateway/content/ACSRI/12.19%20Extinction%20Rebellion%20Fossil%20Fuel%20Divestment%20Proposal.pdf divestment proposal] and submitted it to to ASCRI in December 2019. As of September 18th, 2020, the last meeting minutes posted, May 27th 2020, recorded the committee meeting virtually to hear from Halliday on the fossil fuel and industry and continue to consider the proposal.
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 On July 10, 2020, President Bollinger announced that the university trustees unanimously voted for the creation of the Columbia Climate School. From Halliday's July 13 blog post, "Why do we need a climate school?", it seems they will be taking the next three years to design and start the school. In an August email, Halliday wrote: "it already is clear that programs in de-carbonization, sea-level change, and food security will be major areas of expansion. At the same time, we will build upon cross-cutting expertise in climate finance, disaster resilience, environmental justice and law, communication and the arts, and climate policy and services."
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 [https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2020/07/13/columbia-climate-school/ Why do we need a climate school? by Alex Halliday]