Science, Attribution and the Climate Story
Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024 | 2 - 5 p.m.
UF Reitz Union Auditorium
Admission is free and open to the public, but please register here. How do we build trust in science and scale up climate literacy? Join us for UF’s 9th annual Climate Communications Summit for a special program on the state of climate change in Florida, how scientists know what they know, and scaling up public understanding of how extreme weather connects to climate change.
Summit Agenda
2 p.m. – The State of Climate Change in Florida
- Florida climatologist David Zierden with a year-in-review climate report
3 p.m. – What We Know and How We Know It
- University of Miami marine scientist Dr. Amy Clement on heat
- UF physical geographer Dr. David Keellings on rainfall
- UF climatologist Dr. Cori Matyas on hurricanes
- UF coastal geographer Dr. Katy Serafin on sea-level rise and coastal hazards
4 p.m. – Attributing Extreme Weather Events in the Context of Climate Change
- University of Georgia atmospheric scientist Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd
Optional Journalists’ Workshop and Networking Lunch: Climate Data for Journalists with state climatologist David Zierden and Alex Harris, lead climate reporter for The Miami Herald, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the College of Journalism and Communications.
For more information: Contact Cynthia Barnett with the College of Journalism and Communications at clbarnett@jou.ufl.edu or Carolyn Cox with the Florida Climate Institute at crcox@ufl.edu.
Click here to view previous Climate Communications Summits.
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