Colombian Climate School of Students suffered from coastal flooding at UN Conference – Earth State

Earlier this month, in less than 24 hours, the Columbia Climate School of Graduate and current student teams and the National Center for Disaster Preparation (NCDP) worked hard all night to develop and submit their entries to international competitions called UN Vision.

Part of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Summit (GP2025) in Geneva, Switzerland, this real-world Sprint mission is a team of students to identify disaster hazards in 2050, seek practical solutions to look, seek poster Memo Memo and Tiktok-Style video assessments to build global disasters and develop resilience investment plans.

“As the global GP2025 community discusses what happened after the Sendai framework, the Sendai framework is a global leading framework for disaster risk reduction, with an expiration date of 2030, and the student team is actively mapping out ways to address these challenges at scale,” said Liaison Liaison Team Liaison Liaison and NCDP assistant director Joshua Devinenzo.

Coastal flood

Choosing a dangerous task in the next 25 years is not an easy task. But given the team’s previous interest in coastal flooding, they felt the most had to start the sprint from this perspective.

“In a few hours, from different places, some of us, even taking summer classes, identified an urgent national disaster problem, developed a plan, and developed a fascinating narrative to inspire action,” said Renge Shirai, a 2025 Barnard College graduate. “Using our various backgrounds and training, we addressed the disproportionate impact of flooding in coastal cities in the United States.”

“Asing a forward-looking sprint at UNDR is an incredible opportunity to apply our classroom learning to real-world challenges in disaster resilience,” said student team member Ashmi Kuvera. “Our team examines the disproportionate impact of coastal flooding on low-income urban communities in the United States, mapping risks through scenario building and root cause analysis. Designing a resilience roadmap using 3RS – discovery, resistance, resistance and repositioning – led us to reimagine our equitable adaptation strategies and the importance of disaster-causing debt to avoid future debt.

Amy Campbell is a 2025 Master’s degree graduate from the Climate and Social Program, leading the development disaster risk financing section of the Resilient Roadmap for Coastal Floods. “I outline short-term, medium-term and long-term financial reforms to prevent debt spiral disasters. This includes proposals for flexible link bonds, risk information budgets using climate financing vulnerability indexes, and pre-passed risk transfer mechanisms such as parameter insurance and disaster bonds,” Campbell said.

“When I heard about the idea of ​​coastal flooding and the impact of this situation on sunken cities deeply forced me, it wasn’t forgotten that this would be a low-income community for this extreme event.” “It’s hard to look forward to the future with optimism for our current extreme event. But one thing our sprint emphasizes is that action can allow us to avoid these crises.”

Disproportionate impact of flooding

The team created a poster that depicts them detailing a long-term plan to address the disproportionate impact of flooding in the United States, a unique exercise that means the team must not only consider a series of “if” scenarios, but also discuss how to fund the required disaster mitigation efforts. They also began to realize that danger itself was just a small part of the equation. Social, psychological, political and economic aspects must play an important role in their proposals. As a technology hackathon, things that seem to start are soon people-centered discussions about the number of disaster predictions that will really affect by 2050.

Until 2 a.m. working, Columbia Teachers College graduated from Kayana Waller in 2025 and then designed and compiled the team’s video, which was forward-lookingly submitted.

“Our sprint focuses on how this situation affects society, what drives society and why it is important to take action to avoid it. “Combining with people who have an impact on the world is the biggest motivation,” Ayuen said. “I’m excited that the video will inspire leaders around the world to see the necessary actions to safeguard people’s value. When we foresee learning and action, we can solve the world’s most pressing challenges, such as coastal flooding.”

result

There are many entries around the world covering a wide range of hazards and plans. Columbia University is the only video and memo poster from the United States from the United States on display in Geneva for the remainder of GP2025 and shared by UNDR with national authorities, responsible for disaster risk reduction and vision.

Looking back at the experience, Shirai said: “The NCDP brings together people from different disciplines not only to discuss challenges, but to actively create solutions. Working with such talented, enthusiastic people who are committed to making a real difference is an incredible experience.”

“In the course of five years, as we move towards the next iteration of the Sendai framework, I have no doubt that the students on this sprint team will be actively at the forefront, and this work is just a brief preview of their extraordinary approach to this work in the future,” Devincenzo said.

The student team consists of Shirai (Barnard), Kehbuma Nukuna (Columbia Engineering College), Kayana Waller (Teacher College), Ashmi Kuvera (Climate School), Amy Campbell (Climate School), Anyieth Philip Ayuen (Columbia Climate School) and Michelle rozelle Rozenfeld (NCDP HIGH).

For questions about this experience, please contact Joshua Devincenzo at [email protected].