The Climate Café Series is a signature event of the Rosenstiel School that invites students and the public to learn about leading edge climate science happening at the school, and to understand how this research is relevant to South Florida and beyond. Moderated by award-winning WLRN NPR environment reporter Jenny Staletovich, each Climate Café event features Rosenstiel School faculty members, collaborating scientists, graduate students, and key local stakeholders that will explain different aspects of climate science, including its impacts and the challenges facing South Florida.
Each Climate Café event is designed to be an informative, casual afternoon gathering that encourages conversations focused on groundbreaking climate science. The discussions will highlight related research underway at the Rosenstiel School so that ideally, these innovations can help our community adapt to a changing climate. Learn more about how our research activities can help inform policy, while we train the next generation of climate scientists.
2024 Program:
The Climate Café series will feature the WLRN podcast A Bright Lit Place, reported by Staletovich. The podcast explores the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), enacted by the U.S. Congress in 2000, for the restoration of the Everglades ecosystem in southern Florida.
Accoding to the podcast, the U.S. Congress set out on one of the most ambitious environmental projects ever attempted: to wind back the clock and make the Everglades function like it once did — in 1900. The plan could have given Florida a 20-year head start on climate change, but that didn't happen.
The two-part discussion on the CERP will cover the plan’s inception stages to the current state of the restoration process, to present day to determine the best path forward.
The podcast is part of the Pulitzer Center’s nationwide Connected Coastlines reporting initiative.
2024 Schedule for all Climate Cafés:
4:00p.m. Reception at Salt Waterfront, 4:30p.m. Program in auditorium.
