TAKE ON THE WORLD'S BIGGEST CHALLENGES
This immersive STEM-designated one-year program prepares future environmental sustainability leaders to address the most serious and complex environmental problems the earth will face. Launched two decades ago, it is the world’s premier program of its kind, and is offered jointly by the School of International and Public Affairs and Columbia's Climate School. It seamlessly integrates science with environmental policy and management. Graduates hold key positions in important organizations worldwide in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.
WHO SHOULD APPLY?
Those interested in...
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Practical training that combines mission-driven science, management, and policy
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Columbia’s top-ranked sustainability programs, resources, and network
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An immersive one-year program format that saves time and money
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Fulfilling an urgent need for effective environmental leaders
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Combining career status and compensation with personal fulfillment
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Turning their passion into real, tangible change
LEADERSHIP
Students learn directly from leading policy and management practitioners, along with top scientists of the world-class Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
OPPORTUNITY
Alumni employers include Apple, the United Nations, the Sierra Club, the City of New York, Natural Resources Defense Council, KPMG, the U.S. Department of State, and The World Bank.
REACH
A global alumni network of thousands of School of International and Public Affairs and Earth Institute program graduates, who hold key positions of environmental leadership across sectors.
The M.P.A. in Environmental Science and Policy program is offered by Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs in partnership with The Columbia Climate School, which includes Columbia’s Earth Institute and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and all their affiliated research centers and educational programs. The climate crisis is one of the greatest threats facing humanity, presenting challenges that are immense and urgent. In response, Columbia has created the Climate School to develop innovative education, support groundbreaking research, and foster essential solutions, from local to planetary in scale.
The Columbia Climate School
WHAT’S THE STATE OF THE PLANET?
State of the Planet is the official news site of the Columbia Climate School.
Stay in the Know
Professor and Director of Columbia’s M.P.A in Environmental Science and Policy Program Dr. Steven Cohen discussed environmentally sustainable growth.
Hear environmental leader Dr. Cohen address pragmatic approaches to environmentally sustainable growth from his newest book.
CONTACT US
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