{"id":73983,"date":"2018-01-31T14:49:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T00:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=73983"},"modified":"2019-03-19T13:25:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T23:25:33","slug":"city-climate-change-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/01\/31\/city-climate-change-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> experts appointed to city climate change commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/manoa-soest-king-tides-june-f.jpg\" alt=\"Car driving through flooded street\" width=\"676\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-61864\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honolulu.gov\/council\">Honolulu City Council<\/a> has confirmed three University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa faculty members to serve on the city\u2019s Climate Change Commission. All three were appointed by Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell.<\/p>\n<p>They are: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/alegadolab.org\/rosiealegado\"><strong>Rosie Alegado<\/strong><\/a>, Department of Oceanography and the Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/durp\/makena-coffman\/\"><strong>Makena Coffman<\/strong><\/a>, Department of Urban and Regional Planning and <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Economic Research Organization <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soest.hawaii.edu\/soestwp\/about\/directory\/chip-h-fletcher\/\"><strong>Chip Fletcher<\/strong><\/a>, School Of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The role of the commission is to gather the latest science and information on climate change impacts to <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, and to provide advice and recommendations to the mayor, the city council and the executive departments of the city that will draft policy and planning for future climate scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa is proud to have three of our internationally-known researchers and educators appointed to this important commission. Their appointment is a reflection both of the quality and relevance of their work, and the commitment of the university to provide science-based advice to the community,&rdquo; said <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/ovcr\/bio-bruno\/\"><strong>Michael Bruno<\/strong><\/a>, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa vice chancellor for research.<\/p>\n<p>Other members of the commission include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Victoria Keener, East-West Center <\/li>\n<li>Bettina Mehnert, <abbr title=\"Architects Hawaii Limited\">AHL<\/abbr> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;Our office is thrilled that Mayor Caldwell has appointed this diverse group of global and local climate experts to this important commission, and that they have agreed to serve,&rdquo; said Josh Stanbro, executive director of the city Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency, who also serves as the city\u2019s chief resilience officer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_73987\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73987\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/manoa-mayor-climate-change-commission.jpg\" alt=\"people holding up their hands for swearing in ceremony\" width=\"676\" height=\"262\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/manoa-mayor-climate-change-commission.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/manoa-mayor-climate-change-commission-300x116.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa&#8217;s Rosie Alegado, Makena Coffman and Chip Fletcher are sworn in to the city&#8217;s Climate Change Commission. (Photo courtesy of the Honolulu mayor&#8217;s office)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Related <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> stories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/13\/initiative-to-address-challenges-facing-hawaii-launches\/\"><em>Initiatives to address challenges facing <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and the world launches with research projects<\/em><\/a>, November 13, 2017 <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/20\/sustainability-directory\/\"><em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> community urged to share how they teach and practice sustainability and resilience to climate change<\/em><\/a>, October 20, 2017 <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/08\/16\/climate-change-hawaii-panel\/\"><em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> experts explore climate change impacts on <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at film screenings<\/em><\/a>, August 16, 2017 <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The role of the commission, which includes <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa&#8217;s Rosie Alegado, Makena Coffman and Chip Fletcher, is to gather the latest science and information on climate change impacts to <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[257,93,598,1314,107,92,73,9,947,343,365],"class_list":["post-73983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-center-for-microbial-oceanography-research-and-education","tag-climate-change","tag-faculty-recognition","tag-manoa-sustainability","tag-oceanography","tag-school-of-ocean-and-earth-science-and-technology","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-system","tag-uhero","tag-urban-and-regional-planning","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73983"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92968,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73983\/revisions\/92968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}