Last week, 杰克逊维尔大学 hosted a panel discussion about Florida's climate 缓解极端影响的挑战和建议行动. 该活动对公众开放 公众.
Among the panelists were Anne Coglianese, the Chief Resiliency Officer for the City of Jacksonville, Esther Mullens, Assistant Professor of Geography at the University 莉萨·里纳曼(Lisa Rinaman)是佛罗里达州的一位环保倡导者，担任圣. 约翰·护河者, 以及佛罗里达气候中心的州气候学家大卫·齐尔登.
Zierden began the panel by setting the context for the discussion on climate and weather 威胁s that are broadly encountered in the State of Florida, including changes in average temperature, extreme rainfall and flooding, drought, sea level rise, hurricanes, 热带风暴和恶劣天气. 佛罗里达人并不感到意外，该州有 是全国飓风发生率最高的地区.
“Climate change is not bringing any new weather or climate 威胁s, we have 有经验的 一直生活在这些威胁之中. 相反，气候变化正在改变大自然 of these 威胁s in terms of severity and frequency, but they are not new 威胁s,” Zierden说. “如果全球网络赌博平台对现有的威胁做好了充分的准备和适应能力， we’d be 90% of the way there toward being resilient to climate change, but unfortunately, as we see disaster after disaster, we’re not even fully prepared for what we’ve historically 有经验的.”
Coglianese—who recently took on the role of Chief Resiliency Officer, translating climate science into pragmatic policy—followed with what resilience specifically looks 比如在杰克逊维尔市. 在她看来，韧性指的是城市的 capacity to adjust and prosper despite unexpected shocks such as hurricanes, severe winter storms, or heat waves; she defined stresses as more gradual, such as summers becoming incrementally hotter, new developments reducing the city’s tree canopy 如果树木不重新种植.
丽莎·里纳曼回应说，圣. 约翰河与 一个更有弹性的杰克逊维尔的利益. 她分享了这种脆弱 圣. 约翰斯河到海平面的上升远远超出了直接的海岸 区域. The river bottom lies below sea level for a distance of 150 miles inland, resulting in significant negative impacts and historic flooding that stretch all the way to 乔治湖.
“We need to protect the health of our river for today and future generations from sea level rise as well as the causes of climate change because as we are having more frequent storms, we are also seeing more damage done to our river, our businesses, 以及所有依赖健康水源的社区，”里纳曼说. “后果 of flooding have undermined the progress we made because as you have historic flooding, there’s now more sewage washing into our river, more pesticides…climate change 飓风过后，未经处理的污水渗进你的家，真是太私人了. 全球网络赌博平台的河流 can be our greatest asset, but if we are not more resilient if we are not dealing 由于这些问题，它可能是全球网络赌博平台最大的威胁.”
Mullens added a sobering tangibility to the issues we face, “The warming projections
according to the Paris Agreement in the upcoming years will include hotter days by
40到50度，令人不舒服的温暖夜晚，强烈的降水和气旋.
我想这永远不会太迟，但也格外紧迫. 当地的行动
是非常重要和必要的吗.”
To combat the environmental challenges facing Florida, the panelists shared how the Jacksonville community can take immediate action to reduce greenhouse gas 排放 保护圣. 约翰河. 一个解决方案是倡导JEA的承诺 30% renewable energy by 2030 and 100% by 2050 while avoiding coal use, which is part 的对话. 约翰河守护者目前正在与公用事业公司合作 公司. 与此相关，他们提到屋顶太阳能正变得越来越便宜 JEA计划到2030年投资24%的太阳能. 太阳能有很多 benefits for community resilience, including cost savings, reduced urban heat, 创造就业机会. 事实上，太阳能是增长最快的就业市场之一.
Zierden added that recycling and reducing red meat consumption also has an incredible 对减少温室气体排放的影响. 根据研究，一个显著的 reduction in heavy red meat consumption, especially beef and lamb, could result in a 15 to 35 percent decrease in per capita food and land use-related greenhouse gas 2050年排放量. 采用素食甚至可以减少一半的排放量. He mentioned that livestock production is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas 排放.
Together, these experts brought their knowledge and insights to bear on a wide range of pressing issues, including the impacts of climate change on water resources, the development of resilience initiatives to promote adaptation, the need for solutions to address the numerous environmental challenges currently facing Florida and the 全球. Throughout their discussion, the panelists grappled with the complex and often conflicting emotions surrounding the global climate crisis, exploring both the daunting challenges we face as a society and a reason for hope and optimism in the face of this existential 威胁. Ultimately, their insights and expertise offered a valuable glimpse into the complex and multifaceted nature of the global climate crisis and provided a roadmap for how 全球网络赌博平台可能会在未来几年开始应对这些挑战.
“现实是，一切都不会太迟. 问题是全球网络赌博平台想要多少 气候变暖? 对全球网络赌博平台来说，重要的是不要屈服于全球网络赌博平台已经过去的想法 任何时候. 如果全球网络赌博平台这样做，全球网络赌博平台就是在告诉自己全球网络赌博平台被打败了，而我没有 我认为全球网络赌博平台是这样的，”马伦斯补充道.
Understanding the need for climate action, 杰克逊维尔大学 concluded the panel with the announcement of a climate action initiative, the JU Climate Innovation Challenge. This challenge will host a "Shark Tank" style grant competition where students, faculty and staff, members of the Northeast Florida community are invited to present their climate problem-solving and/or awareness proposals for the opportunity to win funding. The grant competition is interdisciplinary and welcomes participants from various fields such as the arts, humanities, sciences, medical and health services, engineering, 商业、军事机关、法律、公共政策和政府.
拨款竞争是通过与 杰克逊维尔大学 文理学院, 法学院, 海洋科学研究所, 公共政策研究所.
