An education initiative addressing the CICAR Theme: Climate Variability and Change Application Research

Principal Investigator Mark Cane, G. Unger Vetlesen Professor of Earth / Climate Science at Columbia University, introduced a new twelve-month M.A. Program in Climate and Society to train professionals and academics to understand and cope with the impacts of climate variability and climate change on society and the environment. This rigorous program emphasizes the problems of developing societies and combines elements of established Columbia University programs in earth sciences, earth engineering, international relations, political science, sociology, and economics with unique classes in interdisciplinary applications specially designed for the program’s students.

Graduates of the M.A. Program in Climate and Society will be prepared to address environmental issues from positions in government, business, academe, and nongovernmental organizations.

Columbia University Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences

CICAR Review Presentation October 4, 2006

Professor Mark Cane, Chairman DEES:  2006-2007 Graduate student demographics  with comments