College's Climate Action Program gets a boost - Addison County Independent
College's Climate Action Program gets a boost - Addison Independent
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College’s Climate Action Program gets a boost
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE STUDENTS and alumni gathered in March for a climate careers event organized by the Climate Action Program and Center for Careers and Internships. The college recently secured $7 million in gifts to support expansion of the Climate Action Program, which helps students consider and engage in climate action work. Photo courtesy of Kamryn You Mak
October 26, 2023
The Climate Action Program supports students in their efforts to tackle climate change through paid fellowships, connections with Middlebury alumni and a variety of other offerings.
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Related Knowledge Center: Climate economics
Climate change is now a driver of the world’s economy. The impact is profound:
- Catastrophic weather events — hurricanes, floods, droughts, high temperatures — are more frequent and more extreme. The cost can be measured in both the initial damage caused and the longer-term impact on the economy.
- Vulnerable communities are increasing climate-related investments, hardening infrastructure and taking other protective measures.
- Investment in carbon capture and storage technologies is increasingly rapidly.
- Governments are making investments and crafting regulations to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
On top of all of this is the cost of uncertainty. As the Fourth National Climate Assessment, released in 2018 by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, says, “The assumption that current and future climate conditions will resemble the recent past is no longer valid.”