The outdated treaty is an obstacle to addressing climate change. A legal expert weighs the pros and cons of several pathways around it.

The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment’s annual training session will be held online in June 2021.

Despite certification initiatives having the objective of sustainability, sugar plantations from Cameroon to Cambodia continue to ignite controversy and conflict.

Internships are available in the center’s three core areas of research: sustainable investments in extractive industries, land and agriculture, and investment law and policy.

Interns will assist the center in its mission to develop and disseminate solutions that maximize the impact of international investment for sustainable development.

Because of the intertwined crises of poverty and environmental stress, the future is bleak for coffee farmers in many countries — but it doesn’t have to be this way.

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until January 15.

The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment’s annual training session will be held in June 2020.

Indigenous communities are on the frontlines of the climate crisis, leading the way for innovative actions rooted in first-hand experiences of climate disasters and shifts, and knowledge transferred across generations.

A conversation on the critical need for embedding human rights, especially those of indigenous communities, within the renewable energy sector, and the hurdles of pursuing environmental justice without compromising human rights.