Kyu Lee
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Director of Communications and Digital Media, Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP), School of International and Public Affairs
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B-16 Hogan Hall
Mail Code MC3277
2910 Broadway
New York, NY 10025
BIOGRAPHY:
Kyu Lee is Director of Communications and Digital Media for the Center on Global Energy Policy. He has been working in communications on sustainability issues since 1992 when he traveled to the Rio Earth Summit as an intern for a newspaper. In between classes at college, he traveled to all the major UN global conferences during the 90s as a photographer, operations manager, editor and writer. He's written numerous articles on development work and projects throughout the world.
Kyu joined the Earth Institute's communications team in 2007 to expand its overall outreach and promote the work of the Millennium Villages project. Currently he helps with digital strategy working on media outreach, social media and the podcast. He lives on the Upper West Side with his wife and daughter. He is an avid birder and spends most early mornings during the spring and fall in Central Park. He graduated from the University of Chicago with a degree in English Literature.
RECENT POSTS FROM STATE OF THE PLANET 
The Sights and Sounds of COP30
Environmental epidemiologist Robbie Parks shares a podcast and photos from this year's climate summit in Brazil.
COP30 Is Over. But for the World’s Most Vulnerable, the Crisis Is Ongoing.
Anyieth Philip Ayuen, a graduate of the Climate and Society program, on the importance of keeping resilience, literacy and survival at the center of global climate policy.
Columbia and Climate School Delegates Reflect on COP30
Columbia and Climate School faculty share their experiences from the annual climate conference, which took place in Brazil last month.
Swimming Toward a Constitutional Right for Nature
M.A. in Climate and Society student Christopher Swain swims long, polluted rivers to advocate for clean water and environmental justice.
Will Glacier Melt Lead to Increased Seismic Activity in Mountain Regions?
In a recent study, scientists determined that climate change-induced glacial melt may cause more earthquakes.
PROJECTS
Only select projects listed below| Name | Start Date | End Date |
| Understanding Future Projections of Tropical Cyclone Landfall and Precipitation | 9/1/23 | 8/31/26 |
| Assessing the Public Health Risk due to Tropical Cyclone Impacts on Petrochemical Facilities | 6/15/23 | 6/14/26 |
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