Colleges and universities are collaborating to construct climate resilience solutions in at-risk communities across the Carolinas. | File
Colleges and universities are collaborating to construct climate resilience solutions in at-risk communities across the Carolinas. | File
South Carolina State University in Orangeburg and Furman University in Greenville are working in collaboration with North Carolina State University to construct climate resilience solutions in frontline, at-risk communities across the Carolinas.
“There’s a lot of concern about climate change and who gets impacted. There are disproportionate impacts on certain groups of people,” Geoffrey Habron, Furmon Department of Earth, Environmental and Sustainability Sciences, said.
The group was granted $5 million by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to help develop climate proof solutions for some of the at most risk areas throughout the Carolinas.
“Sustainability science is about changing the world – it’s about actionable science – turning knowledge into results. So to have funding to get students to see that and be able to participate in a larger, collaborative effort that’s based directly in communities? That’s exciting,” Habron said. “This isn’t just conceptual.”
The grant was given by NOAA’s Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessment program whose objective is to fund research groups that help increase and build the nation’s ability to prepare for and adapt to climate variability and change.
The rest of the project team for the five-year grant includes the institutions of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina Central University, South Carolina State University and the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science.
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