Fellows mentioned in this story: Danielle Bass, Cohort VIII

From Hawai‘i Tribune Herald:

Despite a grave warning from the United Nations about the impending danger of climate change, state officials believe Hawai‘i is making good progress toward protecting the environment.

Earlier this month, the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its Sixth Assessment Report about how climate change is affecting the global environment.

The report, drawn from years of data gathered since the Fifth Assessment Report in 2013, paints a grim picture of unprecedented and accelerated climate change over the last several decades and extrapolates a potential future where global average temperatures increase by more than 10 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century.

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