New Brunswick, N.J. (Oct. 8, 2018) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick experts can provide insight and analysis on an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change special report released today.
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels would require rapid and unprecedented societal changes, but could help ensure a more sustainable and equitable society compared with limiting warming to 2 degrees, according to an IPCC news release.
Anthony J. Broccoli, a professor who chairs the Department of Environmental Sciences and co-directs the Rutgers Climate Institute, can comment on observed and projected temperature changes and the other effects of greenhouse gases on climate, including the reasons why it will be so difficult to avoid crossing the 1.5-degree threshold. He is available at [email protected] or 848-932-5749.
Frank A. Felder, a research professor and director of the Center for Energy, Economic & Environmental Policy in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, can comment on the implications for New Jersey state energy and environmental policy, impacts on the electric power grid and mitigation versus adaptation. Felder, who is also director of the Rutgers Energy Institute, is available at [email protected].
Robert E. Kopp, director of Rutgers’ Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, a professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and co-director of the Coastal Climate Risk and Resilience Initiative, can comment on sea level change, the economic impacts of climate change and the challenges in achieving the 1.5-degree target. He is available at [email protected] or 732-200-2705.
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