No images? Click here UC3 Dispatch | May 2022 Header Photo Credit: University of Colorado Boulder CLIMATE ACTIONUniversity of Colorado Boulder is co-hosting the Right Here Right Now Global Climate Summit in early December 2022 with United Nations Human Rights. The hybrid Summit will bring together thought leaders who are working toward actionable solutions to address the climate crisis as a human rights crisis that affects the world’s most vulnerable populations. For more information, please sign-up for updates. In February, the Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education along with the Rutgers Climate Institute co-sponsored Youth Dialogues on the National Climate Assessment to: provide an overview of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), the National Climate Assessment (NCA) development process, and other opportunities for youth engagement. The event allowed youth an opportunity to discuss proposed key topics, identify priority issues relevant to the NCA, share resources with assessment authors, and discuss what could be done to make the NCA more useful for youth including reflecting their questions and concerns. Students had an opportunity for break out session interactions with lead authors from many chapters related to ecosystems and environment, socio-economics and health as well as response options. CLIMATE ACTION MILESTONES & RECOGNITIONHighlight: Book Release by UC3 Fellow Kathryn LoganDr. Kathryn G. Logan is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Arizona Institute for Resilient Environments and Societies as part of the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3) project to help identify and analyze novel pathways considering trade-offs, synergies, and equity as the City of Tucson develops their climate action plan. Dr Logan obtained both her BSc (Hons) and PhD degrees in Environmental Science from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Her PhD research investigated the impact of the electrification of transport and the related trade-offs between greenhouse gas emission reductions, climate regulation and the potential impact upon ecosystem services and natural capital. During Dr Logan's PhD research, she worked as a visiting researcher at Tsinghua University and Kyoto University doing case study analysis to better understand different methods of low carbon transport integration. The book, Transportation in a Net Zero World: Transitioning Towards Low Carbon Public Transport discusses the importance of transitioning from conventionally fueled, electric and hydrogen personal vehicles towards low carbon electric and hydrogen public transport. It presents international comparisons and case studies of countries who have successfully and unsuccessfully implemented policies to reduce their emissions from land-based transport. It discusses and provides policy recommendations to meet a net zero transport world by exploring potential issues, including infrastructure changes and electricity generation mix which may prevent targets being met successfully. The book also demonstrates how the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced individual transport choices and what will need to be done to ensure travel remains sustainable going forward. Aligned with an active area of academic and civil discourse on the topic of sustainable transportation systems, Transportation in a Net Zero World will be of interest to researchers, policy makers, and graduate students alike, in the fields of environmental science and transport studies. Image Credit: Springer Cham UPCOMING EVENTSUC3 Presidents’ Roundtable
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