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Fleets interested in zero-emission trucks, but needing some extra capacity to explore options? Apply for an EDF Climate Corps Fellow to get the wheels moving! #electrictrucks #zeroemissionvehicles #fleetmanagement

Fleets interested in zero-emission trucks, but could use some extra capacity to explore options? Apply for an EDF Climate Corps Fellow to get the wheels moving! #electrictrucks #zeroemissionvehicles #fleetmanagement

Follow our U.S. Climate Corps Fellows! 🎥 This summer, we’re taking you behind the scenes on what our transformative fellowship program experience is like, and to celebrate how our Fellows are advancing climate strategies at a time the world needs it most.    🚚 A (work)force for good: Many of our Fellows are driving change by supporting companies’ truck fleet electrification efforts. Right now, many trucks are powered by diesel and are among the dirtiest vehicles on the road. With EVs, a zero-emission future that benefits our environment, people and the economy is possible!    ✏️ Our Fellows are busy mapping infrastructure, developing transition roadmaps and working with logistics vendors at companies like Iron Mountain and City of St. Petersburg, FL.     🤩 “My motivation to work in sustainability arises from a commitment to making a positive impact on the environment and society… My goal is to promote community development that ensures equal access and opportunity for all, prioritizing those who are often marginalized or overlooked.” – Ana Gründel, a current Zero Emissions-focused Climate Corps Fellow at the City of St. Petersburg, FL.    We’re lucky to have the tools and solutions to fix the climate crisis, but we’re missing a piece to get there – a skilled green workforce. EDF’s Climate Corps Fellows are part of the solution! Help support our Fellowship today: https://lnkd.in/eT3NqArr

I’m looking forward to this virtual session next week! I’m interested in climate tech, and want to learn more about its impact and how I can be involved! Join me! Sign up! #TechIndustry #TechCareers #TechCommunity

“We are at an absolutely pivotal moment in history,” said Fiorenza Micheli, co-director of the Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions and chair of the Oceans Department at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. “The challenges that we’re facing – that humanity is facing – are enormous. And so is the potential for innovation for solutions. And that potential can only be realized through deep, thoughtful, and strategic partnerships.”   Since NPS joined forces with the Stanford Doerr School under an Educational Partnership Agreement (EPA) in 2022, the two institutions have shared research insights in order to seek solutions for climate security, energy security and sustainability. The inaugural Oceans Workshop on Feb. 9, held at the Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, was the latest such collaboration, providing NPS and Stanford students with hands-on opportunities for direct impact and sharing perspectives.    As an example, the notion that the Secretary of the Navy defined climate change as a national security risk in the Navy’s Climate Action 2030 strategy was encouraging to Stanford graduate student Raksha Doddabele. “I really liked that framing,” Doddabele said. “The way we change our language can be very powerful. If you frame it as a threat to the American people, then who’s not going to be down with that?”   By the same token, future submarine officer U.S. Navy Ensign Nicholas Hilaire, an NPS graduate student and NPS-Stanford Climate Security Fellow, took inspiration for his research addressing sea level rise and its effect on Navy installations, including the U.S. Naval Academy.   “I saw sea level rise and its impacts, especially at Annapolis because it was right on the water. You could often see the flooding,” Hilaire said. “I wanted to know why and how. This was the catalyst for the rest of my journey.”   - Read more about the Oceans Workshop: https://lnkd.in/gt_SbWks - Learn more about the Climate Security Network at NPS: https://lnkd.in/e2TDnzCV - Visit the Stanford Doerr School’s Oceans Department website: https://lnkd.in/gGqvsf9h US Navy | United States Marine Corps | Office of the Secretary of the Navy | Stanford University | United States Naval Academy | Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) #climatesecurity #energysecurity #sustainability #oceanography #education #research #innovation

The Queensland Future Climate Science Program has downscaled the latest generation (CMIP6) of global climate models. 15 ensemble members were dynamically downscaled to a 10km spatial resolution under three emissions scenarios (low, moderate and high emissions) using the Conformal Cubic Atmospheric Model. Queensland's climate scientists - Sarah Chapman, Jozef Syktus and I (Ralph Trancoso) have evaluated the downscaled climate simulations against historical records. Downscaled simulations are more skilled than their counterparts and show substantial added value across coastal, mountainous and urban regions. This dataset will be publicly available to underpin impact assessments and support decision making. Read more at our (Open Access) Earth's Future paper: https://lnkd.in/gicfCY62 For a higher-level perspective check our The Conversation article: https://lnkd.in/gMuypAhc #climatechange #climateadaptation #climatescience #queensland #futureclimate

From ARIA PD Mark Symes comes our latest opportunity space – exploring how we might intervene responsibly in climate + weather systems to mitigate the worst effects of climate change. Mark and I have dedicated our careers to developing technologies that can accelerate the transition to a net zero economy. The world now has a global imperative to mature and scale those technologies massively and equitably. As we look at the science and consider what remains uncertain and underexplored relative to its importance, improving our understanding of how we might responsibly manage our weather and climate sits at the top of the list. Head to our substack for more on the journey and why we see this research as so critical alongside the global race to net zero. As with all of our opportunity spaces, we invite engineers and social scientists alike to dive in, learn with us, and provide feedback to shape our efforts.

Great to see some familiar faces from the Environment and Climate Change Canada "Prediction Services Operations - Atlantic and Ice" team (Prediction Services Directorate / Meteorological Service of Canada). We're a bit biased, but of course, we would recommend pursuing careers in weather (including air quality), water, ice, and climate! Other key skills becoming more important for our teams also include a mix of applied artificial intelligence/machine learning, scientific programming, project management, communications, and more. https://lnkd.in/gwQ8AWuj (EN)

Okay, I'll be the one to say it ... If we're going to protect and preserve California, we need a skilled workforce that can install solar panels, assemble wind turbines, and service electric vehicles. That's why I'm so passionate about workforce readiness programs like the ones created by SEI - who are "Building Leaders for a Resilient World" through their @seisustainability program. Their Climate Corps© is a cost-effective, bridge-to-career fellowship program that recruits and places rising climate professionals to implement climate change mitigation and resiliency projects. Even better? They're a NATIONAL organization! So even though they're based here in California, they have opportunities all over the country. If you know someone who's interested in working in sustainability, send them this video!

Last week I had the pleasure of listening to Dr. Sarah Kapnick, Chief Scientist at the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on the My Climate Journey podcast.  There is a lot of thought-provoking information in this interview (such as the fact that NOAA comprises half the staff of the US Dept. of Commerce), but her resounding central point is that the world around us is largely designed based on a historical perspective of reality that assumes historically stable climatic conditions which in fact do not represent the physical reality we live in now or in the future.  She goes on to explain how NOAA engages so many other entities to assist in providing their data so that “climate translators” as she calls them, can explain the implications of the data to those acting to make the world around us. She makes a specific point around building codes within the interview that I thought was a good example to explain how this perspective manifests through our use of building code, and how some are moving beyond: Building codes act as a set of minimum requirements or performance thresholds, most of which are based on sets of historical data that in some cases no longer reflect the anticipated future conditions our buildings will function within.  An example of correcting design thinking in this area is the use of future weather files (such as those offered by weathershift.com) to model a scientifically predicted future, versus a historical average unlikely to exist during the real life of the building.  This is a sort of anticipatory risk protection against the owner’s investment; Future proofing the design of the building to perform efficiently now and be able to adapt later in the building's life. Of course, there are issues that arise with this practice as well.  One instance is that in many cases temperature extremes are expected to further diverge, which typically translates to increased systems demand, and therefore more energy use, which relates to both first cost around system sizing as well as operational cost during the life of the building.  The point here is that the building code is still based in the worldview of a historical static climate, which practitioners have a legal requirement to design to, plus an additional duty to the client to at a minimum bring up the idea of a second model related to a more likely future condition.  This only magnifies the importance of thoughtful passive building design in order to reduce the delta between historical average and predicted future needs. Because NOAA is really looking at the nexus of climate science and finance, there are of course many other areas within their purview that she discusses in this talk, but I thought this was a good one to share as an example from her talk.  For anyone who is interested in the many other areas that NOAA impacts, I’d highly advise listening to this hour-long episode.  https://lnkd.in/gUwhhdXe