Climate change experts
The Population Health Initiative has completed an initial mapping of the expertise of the University of Washington’s faculty and staff relative to climate change. Our initial goals with this mapping are to:
- Increase the level of internal and external awareness of the university’s collective expertise to address the challenges of climate change.
- Help boost the range of interdisciplinary collaborations occurring within and beyond the university to expand the number of innovative adaptation and mitigation projects.
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Energy and infrastructure
48 experts across 5 categories
- Clean and sustainable energy generation options
- Building infrastructure to withstand climate-related weather stress
- Measuring infrastructure damage
- Impact on the climate of the production and use of energy
- Transportation and transit systems
Financial, economic and legal impacts
15 experts across 4 categories
- Economic transitions associated with climate mitigation
- Financial and business risks and opportunities
- Financing adaptation and mitigation
- Legal aspects
Human Behavior
58 experts across 6 categories
- Communication
- Migration and resettlement
- Policy and politics related to reducing and preparing for human-driven climate change
- Studies of knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, or preferences related to climate change
- Strategies to build resilience in communities, including effective stakeholder engagement
- Formal and informal education on climate change
Human Health
19 experts across 5 categories
- Morbidity and mortality from injuries related to extreme weather events and conflict, including occupational health impacts
- Infectious and toxicological diseases
- Non-communicable diseases
- Mental health impacts from displacement, livelihood loss and conflict
- Temperature-related health risks
Impacts on food, water, and air
42 experts across 3 categories
- Water reliability, quality, and sufficiency
- Air quality and pollution
- Food security, agriculture, and aquaculture
Issues of equity
23 experts across 3 categories
- Climate justice
- Intergenerational justice
- Ethical and social justice priorities for adaptive capacities
Measuring and understanding climate change
78 experts across 3 categories
- Climate models and climate predictions, simulations on warming, emissions, and other
- Continental biomass research
- Impact on rivers, oceans, the atmosphere, and the cryosphere
Planetary-scale solutions
9 experts across 2 categories
Regional Impacts
24 experts across 2 categories
- Broad regional implications of climate change
- Adapting global research to understand regional impacts