Rio de Janeiro

Columbia experts highlight Brazil's key role in global minerals and opportunities for U.S. partnerships.

This year's event highlighted the importance of strategic partnerships and innovations to accelerate the transition towards a sustainable future.

Climate Hub will host crucial discussions on Amazonian leadership, critical minerals, and Brazil's climate justice goals at four key events.

The global energy expert discusses Brazil's political economy of green innovation and its pursuit of a lower-carbon economy.

Professor Camargo met with the city’s climate resilience team and discussed a new tool to better protect the city against violent rainfall.

Founding Director of CGC Rio, Professor Thomas Trebat, participated in a panel discussion on preparing cities for climate challenges.

Ms. Pontual emphasized the critical importance of collaboration between governments and academia, particularly in addressing climate issues.

Salanié discusses his research on creating municipal-level flood insurance in Brazil to address climate risks and improve disaster resilience.

The roundtable featured insurance companies, brokers, regulators, and academics discussing challenges in the natural catastrophe insurance market.

The publications present concepts on climate change, practical solutions, and perspectives of public managers for energy transition policies.

The awards will provide an exclusive opportunity for faculty members to contribute to climate-related research in Rio de Janeiro.

From a class of 50 young people from various life and academic backgrounds, the five who stood out the most in the graduating class were selected to represent the Young Climate Negotiators in Dubai. 

New article published by Climate Hub Rio analyzes the climate resilience work of the cities of Rio and New York

Faculty members, postdoctoral and doctoral students are invited to submit proposals for climate-related research in Brazil, focusing on Rio.

Climate Week brought together leading voices in academia, policy, activism and industry on campus in September.

Columbia Global and the Columbia Global Centers Climate Hub Rio have awarded six Columbia University faculty members with seed funding.

The ocean generates oxygen and food, a critical role in sustaining life on earth. That role is in peril. Join leading climate experts as they discuss what Brazil must do to ensure the ocean’s future. And our own

The course aims to train professionals who work in the public sector and to strengthen public policies with a focus on sustainable development.

Climate Hub | Rio event highlights the importance of planning integrated public policies for water security and sustainable development

"This Rio Center internship is a great chance to excel and push me out of my local context to approach the global context."

"I have learned how to do market research, overcome language barriers and uncover not-readily-available information."

Columbia faculty are encouraged to submit research proposals that address issues related to urban sustainability, the green economy and land use.

The panel discussed how government, academia, and civil society can work together toward more sustainable cities and climate justice.

Moderated by Andréia Coutinho Louback, journalist and climate justice specialist, the panel was part of the Climate Hub Rio launch on March 14.

The project is a joint initiative of the City of Rio de Janeiro and Columbia University, through the Columbia Global Center Rio.

Several foreign and Brazilian authorities are set to participate in the climate hub launch event on March 14.