Arthur Lerner-Lam, PhD
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Arthur Lerner-Lam is the Deputy Director of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, located in Palisades, New York. A seismologist, he has led scientific expeditions in the Middle East, Europe, Central and South Asia, the Southwest Pacific and throughout the United States. Over the last 20 years, he has lectured and written widely on natural-hazard risk identification, assessment and management. At Columbia, Lerner-Lam directs the graduate programs in sustainability science and environmental science and policy. These programs provide a broad and quantitative understanding of the environment, including Earth's climate, and foster critical thinking about the public policies and private-sector management principles needed for resiliency and sustainability. With colleagues in political science, economics and international affairs, Lerner-Lam has also developed related curricula on sustainability management and sustainable investing suited for intensive executive-education certificate programs.
Published Work
Our recent conversations with climate experts, asset owners and other stakeholders on net zero surfaced issues central to developing solutions, including sharpening investors' skills, strengthening engagement, and striving for better and more accessible data.
Tackling the increasingly urgent issue of climate change will require enormous amounts of capital-invested smartly. In that effort, climate scientists and investors can learn a lot from each other, an idea behind the collaboration among Columbia University climate experts and AB investment professionals.