CCSI’s Executive Training on Sustainable Investments in Agriculture provides an interdisciplinary approach to addressing the challenges and opportunities of agricultural investments. The program is ...

Event time is displayed in your time zone. Jerome Greene Hall, Room 102A CCSI and the Columbia Climate School co-hosted a talk by Ulrich Volz on "Reversing the Vicious Circle of Debt, Underdevelopment ...

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Wind and solar energy are essential for the world to reach net zero global emissions in accordance with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change targets and to advance the Sustainable Development ...

The power, interests, incentives and political systemic dynamics underlying governance in the extractive industries have not been paid enough systematic attention. We must understand and address how ...

Increased investment in agriculture and food systems is critical. When sustainable, such investment supports food security. It helps address climate change and contributes to sustainable development.

Andrew Bernstein is an international lawyer whose practice focuses on transactions and disputes for sovereign clients involving extractive industries and financings, as well as international capital ...

Coffee, one of the world’s most popular beverages, provides livelihoods for at least 60 million people across dozens of countries. Promoting the long-term health, wellbeing, and environmental ...

Esther Akwii is a Legal Researcher at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, focusing on Land, Agriculture, and Food Systems. Before joining CCSI, she was a senior clinical fellow at the ...

CCSI has worked in partnership with the Government of Paraguay in two projects to support the country's efforts to leverage its hydropower for sustainable development (2013) and to decarbonize its ...

The global transition to renewable energy systems will be mineral intensive and, under the current linear economy conditions, will exacerbate mining’s footprint on the planet. In addition, the ...