CCEP-I: Coastal Areas Climate Change Education (CACCE) Partnership

已授予南佛罗里达大学与波多黎各大学、佛罗里达水族馆和希尔斯伯勒县学校系统合作建立第一阶段气候变化教育伙伴关系(CCEP)。CCEP第一阶段的总体目标是建立一个协调的国家网络，由基于区域或主题的伙伴关系组成，致力于更多地采用与气候变化科学及其影响有关的有效、高质量的教育方案和资源。该项目将以气候变化对沿海地区的影响为重点，以海平面变化为核心主题。该项目的目标受众包括高等教育和K-12教师、非正式的科学教育工作者，以及整个地区的大学和K-12学生，最终接触到更广泛的社区。具体目标包括：1)培养新一代气候科学家、工程师和技术人员；2)使我们地区的公民了解全球气候变化及其实时表现，以及如何减轻其影响；3)产生关于气候变化的新知识，使学生做好应对气候相关问题的准备，以及有效地让更广泛的社区参与理解这一问题的方法。到该项目结束时，私人投资机构预计：1)编制一份现有气候变化教育资源清单，重点关注其对沿海地区的影响。2)扩大伙伴关系，将该地区的其他主要参与者包括在内。3)为沿海地区制定与海平面变化相关的全面气候变化教育计划。4)确定具有“牵引力”的问题，以便就东南和加勒比沿海地区的气候变化教育进行有效的沟通和教育。5)建立更大的伙伴关系，由工商界、社区团体以及该区域更广泛的正规和非正规教育机构组成。6)在佛罗里达和波多黎各试点气候变化教育和研究的“跨学科”模式。7)利用我们的评估、气候变化教育清单和利益攸关方研讨会的数据，确定气候变化教育研究的新领域。

An award has been made to the University of South Florida to establish a Phase I Climate Change Education Partnership (CCEP) in collaboration with the University of Puerto Rico, the Florida Aquarium, and the Hillsborough County School System. The overall goal of the CCEP Phase I is to establish a coordinated national network of regionally- or thematically-based partnerships devoted to increasing the adoption of effective, high quality educational programs and resources related to the science of climate change and its impacts. This project will focus on the impacts of climate change in coastal areas, with sea level change as a core theme. The audience targeted by this project includes higher education and K-12 faculty, informal science educators, and college and K-12 students across the region, toward ultimately reaching the broader community. The specific goals include to:1) Prepare a new generation of climate scientists, engineers, and technicians; 2) Prepare our region's citizens to understand global climate change and its real-time manifestations, and how to mitigate its impact; 3) Produce new knowledge about climate change, about preparing students to work on climate-related problems, and about means for effectively engaging the broader community in understanding the issue. By the end of this project, the PIs expect to:1) Develop an inventory of existing climate change education resources with a focus on its effects on coastal regions. 2) Expand the Partnership to include other key players in the region. 3) Develop a comprehensive climate change education plan for coastal regions linked to sea level change. 4) Identify issues with "traction" for effective communication and education on climate change education specific to the coastal areas of the southeast and the Caribbean. 5) Establish a larger partnership with representation from business and industry, community groups, and a broader menu of formal and informal educational institutions in the region. 6) Pilot in Florida and Puerto Rico a "transdisciplinary" model for climate change education and research. 7) Identify new areas of research on climate change education using the data from our evaluation, climate change education inventory, and stakeholder workshops.