“We keep doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome,” said Scott Barrett, an expert on international cooperation and coordination at Columbia University who was once a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Many countries are making progress on improving water sanitation and protecting marine ecosystems. But air pollution continues as a leading health problem in many nations, and fisheries are deteriorating almost everywhere.
“Voices” is a new forum, launched by Jeannette Wing, Avanessians Director of Columbia’s Data Science Institute and Professor of Computer Science, where members of the Institute publish their views and perspectives on data science.