Universities may be the key innovators in solving the climate crisis. At the same time, as we read daily in the news, they’re dealing with tremendous uncertainty. That is particularly true at Columbia University, where the Trump administration has recently slashed federal funding.
So how is Lisa Sachs, the director of the Columbia University Center on Sustainable Investment and the recently launched Columbia Climate School MS in Climate Finance, coping with these uncertainties in U.S. climate policy and sustainable finance? And what about the volatility in career opportunities that graduates of these programs will face during the next four years?
For Sachs, these are just two of the stress points she is managing in today’s university environment. Sachs is also an associate professor of professional practice” at the Columbia Climate School, where climate science and climate change are engaged in the 21st Century’s existential challenge for supremacy.
I spoke with Sachs on a recent episode The Sustainable Finance Podcast. Watch the full interview.