{"id":22708,"date":"2017-02-28T08:55:33","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T13:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=22708"},"modified":"2017-02-28T09:02:36","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T14:02:36","slug":"global-climate-change-science-meet-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2017\/02\/28\/global-climate-change-science-meet-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Global climate change: where does science meet policy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stetson University Associate Professor of Chemistry Song Gao, Ph.D., discussed the impacts of global climate change with\u00a0the College of Law community and members of the public on Feb. 27.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Song Gao presented the Biodiversity Lecture at Stetson. Photo by Alan Brock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dr. Song Gao presented on “Atmospheric Aerosols, Super Greenhouse Gases, Global Climate Change: Where Science Meets Policy” as part of Stetson’s\u00a0Foreman Biodiversity Lecture series.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the take home message is that\u00a0the\u00a0earth\u2019s atmospheric temperature has been rising rapidly, especially in the last three to four decades, and that is primarily due to the\u00a0emissions of greenhouse gases by humans. The projection is that in the future the climate will continue to warm,\u201d said Dr. Gao. \u201cI think we\u2019re at a critical moment. When science and policy truly meet, we can come up with science-based, forward-looking solutions to mitigate climate change. The Montreal Protocol has set a beautiful example that collectively, we can do\u00a0something\u00a0positive to the environment: mitigating the\u00a0ozone\u00a0hole based on ozone chemistry mechanisms. Hopefully, we can come up with wise solutions to mitigate the ongoing climate\u00a0change by\u00a0limiting the emissions of both short-lived climate forcers, such as HFCs, which the Kigali Amendment is starting to\u00a0regulate, and long-lived climate forcers, such as CO2.<\/p>\n