«2024 was the hottest year on record. Around the world, 151 unprecedented extreme weather events devastated countries around the planet, including heat waves in Japan and Iran, floods in Italy, Pakistan, Poland and Brazil, and typhoons in Vietnam and the Philippines. Massive sums of money are needed to mitigate these and other climate disasters and to prepare for what’s on the horizon.
Climate finance is key: to help developing countries adapt to climate impacts and reduce their carbon emissions, the public and private sectors and other financial institutions must work together to harness funds needed for such an enormous undertaking.
To address this need, the Columbia Climate School has introduced a new Master of Science in Climate Finance program, in partnership with the Columbia Business School, to begin fall 2025. Led by Lisa Sachs, director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, it is a one-year professional degree program for both early-career and experienced professionals. The program will enable students to understand the science and impacts of climate change, assess its risks and opportunities, understand the financing imperatives, and consider implications for both policy and financial institutions. Because it’s estimated that about $5 to $10 trillion annually will be needed to decarbonize the global economy, in addition to the mounting costs of adaptation, the climate finance sector will be increasingly important in years to come.
The good news? There’s enough money to solve the crisis. “With around $30 trillion in global savings annually, there is more than enough capital to fund the global transition,” said Sachs, an expert on how laws, policies and business shape global investment flows. (...)».
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