New York’s lead role in solving for the future
A panel at Columbia looked at how New York is taking a leading role in how cities both cope with, and solve, the planetary challenge of climate change.
Food breakthroughs that launched our world of plenty (and Big Macs)
Ruth DeFries’ new book describes humanity’s incredible success at expanding our own food supply.
A survey on extreme weather for every New York City resident
We offer a new survey, created by a team at Columbia University, to City Atlas readers to help guide policy-making in New York City. Please take it — it may be important in shaping how the city prepares for future events like Sandy.
Klaus Lackner
“And so, in essence, this is a CO2 pump: it takes CO2 from the air and pumps it and delivers it into this stream. This will work over and over for years and years.”