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Sustainability into Practice: Climate Change & Community Resiliency
April 1, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
The final piece in the three-part “Sustainability Into Practice” series, hosted this spring by UF’s Office of Sustainability and the Bob Graham Center for Public Service, in partnership with the Florida Climate Institute and UF Thompson Earth Systems Institute took place on April 1, 2021.
A recording of the event can be found here.
Throughout this series, we’ve heard from local and national experts on the ways that environmental and social issues, including climate change, housing, human health and racial justice are interconnected in Florida and beyond.
These same communities are already feeling the impacts of climate change and many are working to develop robust plans to build up social and community resilience. Resilience is defined as the ability of a community to anticipate, adapt, and flourish in the face of change. With climate change impacts such as sea-level rise, severe storms, flooding and increasing temperatures, it is even more crucial to use the lens of resilience to anticipate immediate hazards and long-term effects in ways that center equity and community.
Panel members were:
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