The Fifth National Climate Assessment, the U.S. Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risk, and responses was released by President Biden on November 15, 2023. The report is mandated by Congress and assesses changes in the climate, its national and regional impacts, and options for reducing present and future risk. NPR mentions this assessment is “the most sweeping, sophisticated federal analysis of climate change compiled to date.” Several Rutgers experts, including RCEI faculty affiliates and Rutgers graduate students have played an important role in the report’s development. These Rutgers experts include RCEI affiliates (denoted below in bold):
- Pamela McElwee, Professor, Department of Human Ecology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
- Chapter Lead for Chapter 8: Ecosystems, Ecosystem Services, and Biodiversity
- Panos G. Georgopoulos, Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, School of Public Health
- Chapter Author for Chapter 14: Air Quality
- Rachael Shwom, Professor and Chair, Department of Human Ecology
- Chapter Author for Chapter 20: Social Systems and Justice
- Enrique N. Curchitser, Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences
- Chapter Author for Chapter 21: Northeast
- Pranay Kumar, Graduate Student, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
- Technical Contributor for Chapter 8: Ecosystems, Ecosystem Services, and Biodiversity
- José R. Ramírez-Garofalo, Graduate Student, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources
- Technical Contributor for Chapter 8: Ecosystems, Ecosystem Services, and Biodiversity
- Jacquelyn Veatch, Graduate Student, Department of Marine & Coastal Sciences
- Technical Contributor for Chapter 8: Ecosystems, Ecosystem Services, and Biodiversity
- Sauvanithi Yupho, Graduate Student, Department of Geography
- Technical Contributor for Chapter 8: Ecosystems, Ecosystem Services, and Biodiversity
- Katherine D. Cann, Graduate Student, Department of Geography
- Review Editor for Chapter 21: Northeast
Further, Pamela McElwee was interviewed and quoted by the following news outlets:
- Vox, Biden gives center stage to the climate report Trump tried to bury
- Eos, Deep Emissions Cuts Still Needed to Prevent the Worst Climate Change Impacts
- Inside Climate News, Report Charts Climate Change’s Growing Impact in the US, While Stressing Benefits of Action
Enrique Curchitser was also interviewed and quoted by Telemundo New York.
