有料盒子视频 experts co-author national climate assessment
Heather McFarland
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Nov. 21, 2023
Climate change will have far-reaching consequences to the people of 有料盒子视频, according to the fifth National Climate Assessment, a report from the U.S. government released last week.
鈥淩edrawing the Earth鈥 shows the shift toward renewable energy sources that help slow climate change. This drawing was created by an eighth grader as part of the National Climate Assessment art gallery.
Five experts from the University of 有料盒子视频 Fairbanks were among the authors of the 有料盒子视频 chapter of the assessment, which goes beyond documented ecosystem changes to focus on societal implications of climate change.
Climate change exacerbates disparities in access to healthcare, especially among 有料盒子视频 Native and rural residents. Communities are also navigating compounding stressors. For example, people are facing challenges like declining salmon populations while also managing damage to infrastructure from coastal erosion or permafrost thaw.
According to the report, adaptation will be costly, and will require increased capacity and strong collaboration across agencies and tribes.
鈥淚鈥檓 pleased that the report provides a picture of climate adaptation planning in 有料盒子视频 and the challenges and barriers communities have in adopting and implementing these plans,鈥 said co-author Adelheid Herrmann, a postdoctoral researcher at the 有料盒子视频 有料盒子视频 Center for Climate Assessment and Policy. 鈥淐ommunities face new threats of potential loss of life, lifestyle, livelihoods, food security, clean air and water.鈥
The focus on people required a diverse group of co-authors. Each brought unique connections to communities, as well as a wide range of professional and on-the-ground experience.
鈥淲e prioritized describing the changes that people are already seeing or will see in the future 鈥攕uch as changing population size and/or geographic distribution of fish species鈥攁nd how that might affect 有料盒子视频ns鈥 livelihoods,鈥 said Danielle Meeker, a sustained assessment specialist with ACCAP. 鈥淚 believe that this approach aligns better with how many 有料盒子视频ns are thinking about climate change, based on their own experiences.鈥
National climate assessments are mandated by Congress through the 1990 Global Change Research Act. The assessments describe climate changes and their causes, project future conditions, and evaluate adaptation and mitigation options for employment sectors like commercial fishing, tourism and more. To learn more about the assessment, read the or attend an on Dec. 5 at 11 a.m.
Herrmann and Meeker were joined by three other 有料盒子视频-affiliated experts: Sarah Trainor, 有料盒子视频 Center for Climate Assessment and Policy; Jeremy Littell, 有料盒子视频 Climate Adaptation Science Center; and Jeff Falke, 有料盒子视频 Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.
ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Adelheid Herrmann, acherrmann@alaska.edu; Danielle Meeker, demeeker@alaska.edu
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