Morningside Campus Access and Status Updates

Updated August 12, 2024

Effective Monday, August 12, the Morningside campus will be at an Orange Level: CUID holders and pre-authorized guests only; limited campus entry points. Read more about the color-coded campus status level system and current campus access points.

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September 19, 2024 • 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm edt

Student Roundtable: Energy Justice at the Department of Energy 

Women in Energy and Energy Opportunity Lab at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA is pleased to host Dr. Lauren Ross

Event • CGEP Large Conference Room
1255 Amsterdam Ave Floor 1, New York, NY 10027
Student Roundtable: Energy Justice at the Department of Energy 
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Energy, Development and Climate Change: How development successes are fundamentally altering the global energy landscape

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April 23, 2019

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

As recently as 2000, industrialized countries consumed more than half of the world’s energy resources. Today, about fifteen years later, more than half of the world’s energy is being consumed in developing countries where there are over 6 billion energy consumers . . . and their share of consumption is expected to increase over the next several decades, more than doubling industrialized country consumption by 2040. And with these changes, the center of gravity of the energy landscape is shifting to the developing world. From investments to energy flows to emissions, developing countries will be the key drivers going forward. Notwithstanding this shift, developing countries still remain relatively poor compared to the OECD and other advanced economies. For example, even China, the world’s second largest economy, has a GDP per capita that is still a fraction of OECD countries, while India, Indonesia and other developing countries face even larger poverty gaps. How these countries use energy to raise the standards of living of their populations will not only determine their own development but will have global implications, notably on the effort to address climate change. Philippe Benoit will discuss some of the dynamics driving the use of energy to promote development and their implications for addressing the climate change challenge. Speaker bio: Philippe Benoit is currently Adjunct Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University leading the work of its Center on Global Energy Policy in the area of energy for development. He is also a senior associate (non-resident) with the Center on Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC. He has worked in the area of energy, development and climate change for over 20 years, including as head of the Energy Environment Division at the International Energy Agency, as Energy Sector Manager for the World Bank, and as Director-Energy Project Finance for SG Investment Bank. He has a BA from Yale University, a JD from Harvard Law School, and a DESS from the University of Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne. Event is co-sponsored by the Economic and Political Development Concentration, Energy and Environment Concentration and the Center on Global Energy Policy.

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September 27, 2024 • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm edt

Renewing Fashion: Clean Energy and Circular Economy

The fashion industry is a major energy consumer and contributor to climate change. To achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the industry must transition into a circular economy from its current fossil fuel-based production and linear produce-use-dispose model.

Event • International Affairs Building, 420 W. 118 St., New York, NY 10027
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September 19, 2024 • 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm edt

Student Roundtable: Energy Justice at the Department of Energy 

Women in Energy and Energy Opportunity Lab at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA is pleased to host Dr. Lauren Ross

Event • CGEP Large Conference Room
1255 Amsterdam Ave Floor 1, New York, NY 10027
Student Roundtable: Energy Justice at the Department of Energy 
September 27, 2024 • 9:00 am - 12:30 pm edt

Energy Opportunity Forum

The Center on Global Energy Policy is pleased to host the second annual Energy Opportunity Forum.

Event • The Forum at Columbia University, 601 W 125th St, New York
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