At UF’s climate change session last month, international weather expert and University of Georgia professor Marshall Shepherd discussed the links between climate change and extreme weather events, ranging from Hurricanes Irma and Harvey to the recent California wildfires. “I’m trying to get this to be both an intellectually researched paper and a paper that can be explained to the public as well,” Aboujaoude said.Īccording to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2017 global land and surface area temperatures were 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th century average. “Well guess what, at least we at the University of Florida, our own students, are doing something.”Ī natural resource economics major at UF, Aboujaoude is presenting his own research on climate change bonds, which tie bond interest rates to project performance. “In an international setting, all of these students are showing up, thinking America is not doing their part,” Aboujaoude said.
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This year, Aboujaoude lined up 12 UF undergraduate and graduate students to present during the Skype session, on subjects ranging from citrus greening to water management. unable to attend to present climate change research.
At last year’s conference, Aboujaoude arranged a Skype session for 500 students from the U.S.
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