Center for Climate and Life
| Focus | Understanding how climate impacts the security of food, water, and shelter; exploring sustainable energy solutions. |
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Key people | Peter B. de Menocal, Director |
| Affiliations | Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University |
| Website | climateandlife |
The Center for Climate and Life was a multidisciplinary climate science research initiative based at Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), a research unit of Columbia University. Center research focused on how climate change affects access to basic resources such as food, water, shelter and energy. The center's founder and former director is Peter B. de Menocal, a paleoclimatologist and Columbia University dean of science in the faculty of arts and sciences. In 2020, Columbia University retired the Center for Climate and Life initiative.