HBCU Climate Change Initiative: Growing HBCU Voices on Climate Change: The 4th Annual HBCU Climate Change Conference

HBCU 气候变化倡议：HBCU 关于气候变化的声音不断增强：第四届 HBCU 气候变化年度会议

• 批准号: 9126239
• 负责人: Beverly L Wright
• 金额: $ 0.8万
• 依托单位: DILLARD UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-03-20 至 2017-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9126239
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 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Dillard University Deep South Center for Environmental Justice will convene our 3rd Annual HBCU Student Conference 2015 Bridging the Gap between Climate Change Theory and Experience. The conference will be held on the campus of Dillard University, March 30 - April 3, 2015. While the fact of climate change is no longer subject to dispute, students at HBCUs need opportunities to engage with researchers and scientists about the expected impacts of climate change. Eleven major international studies conducted from 1987 to 2002 all predict significant climate change-induced hazards, including increased flooding, higher mean atmospheric temperatures, higher global mean sea levels, increased precipitation, increased droughts, increased atmospheric moisture-holding capacity, increased heat waves, increased strength of storms, more energetic waves, storm surges that reach further inland, under-capacity of urban sewerage and drainage systems, increased blight, increased vulnerability of port cities, and disproportionate impacts on disadvantaged population segments. HBCU students and faculty, many of whom are from disadvantaged communities, should be exposed to the impacts climate change could have in their communities and in other population segments. Our conference intends to offer such an experience. Our first objective is to educate HBCU students to become leaders and advocates for climate-impacted communities. Our second objective is to educate HBCU students on issues related to disproportionate exposure to toxins, health disparities, climate change and its impacts, climate justice, adaptation, community resilience, and other major climate change adaptation and mitigation topics. The conference will bring together students, Environmental Justice and coastal community residents impacted by toxic facilities and severe weather events related to climate change, in order to bridge the gap between theory and the experiential realities of climate change. Student participants will engage in the following activities at the conference:  Panels and plenaries led by experts in the field;  Tours/interactions with Gulf Coast communities currently impacted by climate change as well as EJ communities living with toxins;  HBCU student panel presentations on climate change and EJ research projects utilizing TRI data; and  HBCU student poster session highlighting the conduct of research projects and their findings Students are also introduced to the concept of Climate Justice which involves a complete understanding of how and why some communities are disproportionately impacted by climate change. In the context of this project, one must include a total examination of the African-American condition as it relates to toxic exposure and environmental health impacts. The interconnections between living near, toxic facilities and their contribution to the production of greenhouse gases (Co pollutants) is an important concept for students to understand within the construct of Climate Justice. Additionally, students are able to assess the increased health risks that African-Americans are exposed to by living near TRI facilities and living with the impacts of climate change.

 描述（由申请人提供）：迪拉德大学深南中心环境正义将召开我们的第三届年度HBCU学生会议2015年弥合气候变化理论和经验之间的差距。会议将于2015年3月30日至4月3日在迪拉德大学校园举行。虽然气候变化的事实不再受到争议，但HBCU的学生需要有机会与研究人员和科学家就气候变化的预期影响进行交流。1987年至2002年进行的11项主要国际研究都预测了气候变化引起的重大灾害，包括洪水增加、平均大气温度升高、全球平均海平面升高、降水增加、干旱增加、大气持水能力增加、热浪增加、风暴强度增加、能量更大的波浪、深入内陆的风暴潮、城市下水道和排水系统能力不足，枯萎病增加，港口城市更加脆弱，对弱势群体的影响不成比例。HBCU的学生和教师，其中许多人来自弱势社区，应该接触到气候变化可能在他们的社区和其他人口群体的影响。我们的会议旨在提供这样的经验。我们的第一个目标是教育HBCU学生成为受气候影响社区的领导者和倡导者。我们的第二个目标是教育HBCU学生有关不成比例地暴露于毒素，健康差距，气候变化及其影响，气候正义，适应，社区复原力和其他主要气候变化适应和缓解主题的问题。会议将汇集学生，环境正义和沿海社区居民受有毒设施和与气候变化有关的恶劣天气事件的影响，以弥合气候变化的理论和经验现实之间的差距。学生参与者将在会议上参加以下活动： 由该领域专家领导的小组和全体会议;与目前受气候变化影响的墨西哥湾沿岸社区以及生活在有毒物质中的EJ社区进行交流图尔斯/互动;加拿大HBCU学生小组利用TRI数据介绍气候变化和EJ研究项目;和BHBCU学生海报会议突出了研究项目的开展及其发现学生还介绍了气候正义的概念，涉及到对一些社区如何以及为什么受到气候变化不成比例的影响的全面理解。在这个项目的背景下，必须包括一个全面的检查非洲裔美国人的条件，因为它涉及到有毒物质的暴露和环境健康的影响。生活在有毒设施附近及其对生产的贡献之间的相互关系 温室气体（一氧化碳污染物）是一个重要的概念，为学生了解在构建气候正义。此外，学生能够评估非洲裔美国人因居住在TRI设施附近并受到气候变化影响而面临的健康风险增加。