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Washington D.C., Thursday January 17.
We finally did it! After an intense strategy action plan against the wintry weather threatening our trip, we finally made it to D.C. on time for a tasty continental breakfast at the Ronald Reagan Convention Center where the 8th Annual National Council for Science and Environment (NCSE) conference was held. The title this year was Climate Change: Science and Solutions.
Arriving on the second day of the conference, we were directly driven to the heart of the discussions… no time to lose.
The first couple of speeches and plenary roundtables were extremely refreshing, featuring famous climate persons like Bill McKibben, Stephen Schneider, Michael Crow, and Amb. Richard Benedick.
It was just perfect to boost our energy for the breakout sessions of the afternoon.
Ludo: I went to the breakout session called “Coastal Managers and Climate Change.” As a first year, I have not really a particular preference on an environmental area, and I choose this session because I knew how important the future years would be for the world’s coastal lands. It happened that I discovered a whole new range of perspectives in this domain, which motivated me to make further research in this field to make sure to explore every single subject that could interest me for a future internship or summer research. I’m so glad.”
Archana: My breakout session was titled “Adapting Technology to mitigate climate change.” The session discussed various issues related to implementing various kinds of technologies to mitigate the current “global climatic disruption”, to quote John Holdren. The most important sectors where technology could play a significant role in lowering GHG emissions were identified, as well as the road blocks impeding the implementation of these technologies. The issue of funding these technologies was also discussed which lead to an extensive debate about the policies governing such funds. Finally, a series of six recommendation were agreed upon by all the participants to
Himesha and Matea: We went to the breakout session named “Climate Change Adaptation for the Developing World: Expanding Africa’s Climate Change Resilience” to expand our knowledge in international development. Members of this session discussed ways to improve climate change resilience through enhancing education, data use, and further research areas. Some of the specific topics included, improving natural resource management infrastructure, promoting sustainable agriculture and food security, educating Africans on climate change science and mitigation, and enhancing the acquisition of climate data and their use to make future predictions.
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