Real World - New York Climate Exchange

Students will work on an interdisciplinary challenge in service the the organization's mission.

The New York Climate Exchange (“The Exchange”) was selected to develop a long-awaited center for climate solutions on Governors Island. The Exchange is a first-of-its-kind model for developing and implementing solutions to the global climate crisis in New York and around the world. The Exchange is a global hub that leverages the collective power of education, research, workforce development, policy development, and public programming to advance climate action at the local, national, and global level. Their mission is to confront urgent climate impacts and issues of environmental justice, breaking down silos through an innovative, scalable, and sustainable model that will rapidly develop new urban climate solutions.  Part think-tank, part do-tank, The Exchange is a fundamentally unique model for partnership and collaborative solution development. It is a transformational organization with active partners drawn from a breadth of academic, corporate, and non-profit community partners.