Climate Week NYC at Columbia Engineering
Climate Week NYC is an annual event that showcases climate solutions and convenes hundreds of discussions about taking action and championing change — rapidly.
This year, Columbia Engineering and Columbia Climate School join several other schools, centers, and divisions in hosting a variety of climate-centered lectures, symposia, and receptions during Climate Week, which will be held September 17-24, 2023.
In echoing this year’s theme — “We can. We will.” — the events and activities will reflect the determination, focus, action, and hope necessary to tackle climate change together.
Here are a few featured events slated to take place at Columbia and timed to Climate Week NYC. For a comprehensive list of what’s happening at Columbia University for Climate Week, visit Columbia Climate School.
Monday, September 18, 2023
Tech CEO Series – Inaugural Lecture
Can Buildings Help Fight Climate Change? – Leveraging Engineering Technology to Fight Climate Change
Speaker: Benoit Bazin, CEO of Saint-Gobain
Time: 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Location: Davis Auditorium
Reception
Time: 5:40 PM – 6:30 PM
Location: Carleton Commons
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Benoit Bazin
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Rethinking Water 2023: Solutions Now for America's Water Infrastructure
Speaker: Upmanu Lall, Alan and Carol Silberstein Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering and of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at Columbia Engineering; Columbia Water Center in The Earth Institute Director
Time: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Location: The Forum
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Upmanu Lall
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Learning the Earth with Artificial Intelligence and Physics (LEAP) Lecture in Climate Data Science
Improving Aerosol in an Earth System Model with AI / ML (Hybrid Event)
Speaker: Po-Lun Ma, Global Atmospheric Modeling Earth Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Tang Family Hall @ Innovation Hub and Zoom Webinar (Live Stream)
LEAP Open House Reception
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Tang Family Hall @ Innovation Hub
![Po-Lun Ma](https://cheme-seas.ias-drupal7-content.cc.columbia.edu/files/seas/styles/816x460/public/content/cs_image/2023/34/po-lun-ma.jpg?itok=Hl4jxiFl)
Po-Lun Ma
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Balancing Lithium Production, Investment, and Policies for a Sustainable Energy Transition (Hybrid Event)
TIme: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Speakers:
- Juan Carlos Jobet, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, CGEP and former Chile Minister of Mines
- Ellen Lenny-Pessagno, Senior Vice-President, Albemarle
- Ahmed Mehdi, Non-Resident Fellow, CGEP and Principal Advisor, Benchmark Minerals Intelligence
- Brian Menell, Chairman and CEO, Techmet
Location: Faculty House, Columbia University In Person) and Zoom Webinar (Live Stream)
![Balancing Lithium Production, Investment, and Policies for a Sustainable Energy Transition event poster](https://cheme-seas.ias-drupal7-content.cc.columbia.edu/files/seas/styles/816x460/public/content/cs_image/2023/36/lithium-climate-week-graphic-1024x576.jpg?itok=Ar_Jlbsf)
Friday, September 22, 2023
LEAP / UN Environment Programme Workshop
Climate Data + Modeling For the Financial Sector
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Location: Columbia Business School, Geffen 570
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