--- title: Alexis Abramson | TIME description: Abramson is the dean of Columbia Climate School. canonical: https://time.com/author/alexis-abramson/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/alexis-abramson/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Alexis Abramson ## Alexis Abramson Abramson is the dean of Columbia Climate School. ## Alexis Abramson *  Jun 17, 2026 ### [Column: Energy Independence is Becoming Solar's Strongest Selling Point](https://time.com/article/2026/06/17/solar-power-energy-independence/) Global uncertainty is making a stronger case for clean energy in the U.S. than moral or economic arg... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 8, 2024 ### [Column: Considering the Case for Hydrogen Home Heating](https://time.com/7173388/the-case-for-hydrogen-home-heating/) Going “all-electric” could see a 70% increase in nationwide grid capacity. We need more than just re... [CLIMATE](/section/climate/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/alexis-abramson/","name":"Alexis Abramson"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/alexis-abramson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/alexis-abramson/"},"name":"Alexis Abramson","jobTitle":"","description":"Abramson is the dean of Columbia Climate School.","url":"https://time.com/author/alexis-abramson/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```