{"id":370865,"date":"2025-03-19T07:13:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T06:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=370865"},"modified":"2025-03-19T07:13:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T06:13:04","slug":"climate-propaganda-at-columbia-university-meet-prof-lisa-sachs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=370865","title":{"rendered":"Climate Propaganda at Columbia University: Meet Prof. Lisa Sachs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"236\" data-attachment-id=\"370876\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=370876\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/020-ClimateSchool_homebanner_vf4.jpg?fit=1945%2C634&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1945,634\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0,20-ClimateSchool_homebanner_vf4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/020-ClimateSchool_homebanner_vf4.jpg?fit=723%2C236&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/020-ClimateSchool_homebanner_vf4.jpg?resize=723%2C236&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-370876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/020-ClimateSchool_homebanner_vf4.jpg?resize=1024%2C334&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/020-ClimateSchool_homebanner_vf4.jpg?resize=300%2C98&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/020-ClimateSchool_homebanner_vf4.jpg?resize=768%2C250&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/020-ClimateSchool_homebanner_vf4.jpg?resize=1536%2C501&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/020-ClimateSchool_homebanner_vf4.jpg?resize=1200%2C391&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/020-ClimateSchool_homebanner_vf4.jpg?w=1945&amp;ssl=1 1945w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/020-ClimateSchool_homebanner_vf4.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/climate-academic-alarmists\/colombia-university-lisa-sachs\/\">Master Resource<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Robert Bradley Jr.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne-sided argumentation\/advocacy in place of intellectual rigor is fraudulent and morally wrong. It speaks to desperation in a dark hour. Your climate courses should be restructured or terminated. At a minimum, a new reading curriculum is needed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"489\" data-attachment-id=\"370878\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=370878\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-506.png?fit=843%2C570&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"843,570\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-506.png?fit=723%2C489&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-506.png?resize=723%2C489&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-370878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-506.png?w=843&amp;ssl=1 843w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-506.png?resize=300%2C203&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-506.png?resize=768%2C519&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lisa-sachs\/\">Lisa Sachs<\/a>, Director of theDirector of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, and Director of the Columbia Climate School\u2019s Master of Science program in Climate Finance, recently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/lisa-sachs_columbia-climate-school-launches-nations-activity-7304172264432807936-6MzL?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAAGV90kBtoxOIMAg-JwpHsSY2-j34xhgcC8\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0on social media:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Couldn\u2019t be more excited for the official launch of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/columbia-climate-school\/\">Columbia Climate School<\/a>\u2018s new MS in Climate Finance, as I hear from more and more incredible applicants AND practitioners, underscoring the importance, timeliness and breadth of rigorously understanding the intersection of Climate and Finance!!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I responded that climate finance was producing Net Zero for investors, with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterresource.org\/solar-power-issues\/sunnova-berger-bankruptcy\/\">Sunnova<\/a>&nbsp;being the most recent example. She deleted the comment and sent me this personal communication:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rob, I don\u2019t find your comments on my posts very helpful to anyone. If you\u2019d like to discuss at some point, I\u2019m happy to. I connected as a collegial connection but if it\u2019s just to troll my posts, perhaps best not to be connected.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I responded:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hi Lisa.\u00a0 Did you delete my comment about climate investing resulting in \u2018Net Zero\u2019 for investors, with Sunnova being the latest example? The empirical record is clear on this\u2026.\u00a0 \u00a0But the bigger issue is intellectual diversity and the obvious need for Climate Finance program to have fair presentations on climate science, CO2 science, climate economics, and energy policies. The case against climate alarm and forced energy transformation is strong and politically ascendant. Net Zero (\u201cimmoral\u201d to DOE head Chris Wright) is dying for predictable reasons. So, my question: does your Master&#8217;s Program have a professor sympathetic to these views, or can there be public debates on campus on these issues for your students?\u00a0 If not, why not?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No response. I again asked her:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lisa: I was hoping for a response.&nbsp; Is there not room in Climate Finance for a different perspective on climate alarm and forced energy transformation?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She responded lawyerlike:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our program is focused on equipping students with the tools to understand risks, impacts, and opportunities in climate finance\u2014this is not a political stance, but a necessary foundation for sound decision-making. There is broad international agreement on the realities of climate change and the transition, which also brings economic and energy benefits, including cost efficiency, stability, and independence. We welcome diverse perspectives, and if you have a rigorous and constructive case to make, I\u2019d be happy to engage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I answered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chris Wright, head of DOE, gave just that to the CERA conference before several thousand yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are plenty of very top, qualified people to dispute each and all of your seven assumptions in your statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is broad international agreement on the realities of climate change and the transition, which also brings economic and energy benefits, including cost efficiency, stability, and independence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is there a professor on campus who can make these arguments? Can a series of debates be held at the Columbia Climate School on the benefits of CO2 enrichment and the fallacies of the \u2018energy transition\u2019?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After no answer, I asked:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Any response to my previous communication?&nbsp; Is it your position that there are not two sides to the debates over climate alarm and forced energy transformation?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Again, no answer. To her, there is not debate about fundamental questions, just the \u2018obvious\u2019 need for \u2018climate investments\u2019 that are \u2018sustainable\u2019 (my characterization).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Earlier Exchange<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professor Sachs&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/lisa-sachs_why-banks-keep-lowering-their-climate-targets-activity-7303457206698455042-daHq?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAAGV90kBtoxOIMAg-JwpHsSY2-j34xhgcC8\">posted<\/a>&nbsp;two days earlier:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, we\u2019re getting closer and closer to a more coherent and honest conversation on climate finance and net zero\u2026 it\u2019s taking time to peel back the layers of confusion, conflation and misrepresentation from the past several years!!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She then outlined five points, all of which assume what is in debate (climate alarm) with false optimism about an area in retreat. (All this from a scholarly professor?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. \u201cNet Zero\u201d is a global GHG accounting concept \u2013 not one that can be atomized at the entity level. We must systematically reduce emissions across energy, transport, industry and land use, and then permanently remove and store any residual emissions\u2026.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. That is NOT to say that transformations cannot and will not happen \u2013 they can, they must, and they will.&nbsp;And individual corporate actors and financial institutions have an important role to play\u2026.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. It\u2019s also categorically true that those who invest in the future will win in the future\u2026. Those who have the ability, the leadership, and the insights to invest in the future will reap the economic and diplomatic rewards; right now, that is unequivocally China\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. Many important sectors (finance, energy, industry, transport, etc.) are decisively responsive to (and in some ways, dependent on) policy frameworks\u2026. In the US and in the EU, that has led many sectors to invest in ways that gamble with our fate and bet against a sustainable future \u2014 because the policy makers are doing the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. But the energy transition is happening and present unprecedented opportunities. Climate impacts are real and present great risks. Leadership is possible. Truth-telling helps. Policies and politics are responsive to powerful voices (for better and worse). Vision is rewarded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7303457206698455042?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7303457206698455042%2C7303573272040812544%29&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287303573272040812544%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7303457206698455042%29\">responded<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your assumption is that CO2 is a pollutant and worse\u2013and Net Zero is a worthy goal. Maybe just the opposite! Do you allow debate at Columbia Center on this? The students deserve to hear both sides, particularly when the ignored side is winning in business and in politics.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other critics joined in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7303457206698455042?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7303457206698455042%2C7303958543563452416%29&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287303958543563452416%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7303457206698455042%29\">David Brattain<\/a>: \u201cBanks are lowering targets because NetZero is a loser. Climate Cult is a loser and the US Government is out of the fantasy funding business!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And an ally of Sachs questioned her faith in China:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7303457206698455042?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7303457206698455042%2C7303478304169226240%29&amp;replyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7303457206698455042%2C7303759692105740288%29&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287303478304169226240%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7303457206698455042%29&amp;dashReplyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287303759692105740288%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7303457206698455042%29\">Nicole Reynolds<\/a>: \u201cCoal is still heavily favored in China\u2019s electricity market design and the continued construction of coal plants alongside renewables hardly supports its decarbonization commitments\u2026. Countries always defend their own interests so let\u2019s not pretend that their technology advancements \u2018benefit\u2019 the world when China\u2019s actions may very well push us past tipping points.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Final Comment:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe more rigorously and honestly we can chart the transition pathways and the challenges (indeed),\u201d Lisa Sachs&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7303457206698455042?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7303457206698455042%2C7303803240544980992%29&amp;replyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7303457206698455042%2C7303808751185059840%29&amp;dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287303803240544980992%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7303457206698455042%29&amp;dashReplyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287303808751185059840%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7303457206698455042%29\">states<\/a>, \u201cthe more we can help to shape solutions.\u201d This is fair game for those of the&nbsp;<em>opposite<\/em>&nbsp;view. Look out the window, read the room, Lisa. Your naive view that it is business-as-usual with climate government subsidies and climate bulling is wrong. The failed Podesta-Biden-Harris era is over. It is Trump time, unleashing the best energies as chosen by consumers with taxpayers neutral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One-sided argumentation\/advocacy in place of intellectual rigor is fraudulent and morally wrong. It speaks to desperation in a dark hour. Your climate courses should be restructured or terminated. 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