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UN General Assembly President Visits EOAS: Faculty Showcase Climate Research

During a visit by the President of the General Assembly of the United Nations, His Excellency Dennis Francis, four EOAS professors presented a brief summary of faculty research related to climate change, the carbon cycle on multiple time scales, sea level rise, sustainability, and the related impacts of extreme weather events such as hurricanes, following a tour of the new EOAS Building. Left to right: Inga Kanchavelli, Adviser to His Excellency and Deputy Chief de Cabinet; Professor and Department Chair Robert Hart; Lawton Professor Jeff Chanton; His Excellency Dennis Francis; Professor Amy Baco-Taylor; Assistant Professor Emily Stewart; and Dr. Mariam Shaikh, Adviser to His Excellency, and FSU Alumnus. The visit to EOAS was followed by an extremely well-attended presentation by His Excellency for the entire University in Turnbull titled “Strengthening Climate Action: The role of the United Nations General Assembly in addressing sea-level rise and other climate-induced disasters.”