#climateadapation — Public Fediverse posts

"At NCDP, we work on a series of training and education grants funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). And a really unique and unprecedented thing happened with FEMA’s most recent strategic plan: They prioritized climate literacy [the understanding of one’s influence on climate, and of climate’s influence on individuals and society] for the very first time..."

#ClimateLiteracy
#ClimateCommunications
#ClimateAdapation
@GreenFire
https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/02/23/designing-impactful-climate-literacy-education-for-emergency-management-and-beyond/

Check out this recent paper by some colleagues from our lab, where they conducted the first comprehensive assessment of a range of #climate-related #threats to the vast undersea network of #seafloor cables across the #globe and their landing stations. They analyzed how and where future #ClimateChange is likely to impact subsea cables and their shore-based #infrastructure.

Full paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825222003804

#ClimateImpacts #ClimateRisk #telecoms #risk #ocean #ClimateAdapation #RiskAssessment

Anyone out there exploring / working on #LivingLabs #InnovationEcosystems or #imagination capacity of communities (for example to help with #ClimateAdapation )?

Was listening to a podcast today about #CommunityEnergy and the advancement in battery tech (e.g. sand heating, and zinc-bromide) and pondering whether I could pitch a living lab for our neighbourhood which integrates new #cleantech for a regional village, as well as skills/jobs program, plus research into uptake and usage of the tech.