The Growth of Climate Change in your Lifetime
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
In Person or Zoom Presentation
In-Person
Campus
Daytona Beach
Status
Student
Student Year and Major
Junior in Homeland Security and Intelligence
Presentation Description/Abstract
This research project investigates the accelerating trajectory of climate change over a single human lifespan, focusing on three core drivers of environmental transformation. First, we examine overconsumption, the rise of pollution, and escalating emissions that have exponentially degraded global ecosystems. Second, we analyze the lack of knowledge and everyday preoccupations—where individuals remain blinded by immediate daily worries, resulting in deficient interest, insufficient funding, and low overall societal awareness. Third, we address the lack of initiative and political complacency, highlighting how individuals underestimate their collective power while policymakers fail to prioritize planetary health. By synthesizing historical data with contemporary modeling, this study quantifies the velocity of these compounding crises and underscores the critical urgency for grassroots empowerment, shifted economic priorities, and aggressive intergenerational policy reforms to secure long-term global habitability.
Keywords
Climate change, overconsumption, escalating emissions
The Growth of Climate Change in your Lifetime
This research project investigates the accelerating trajectory of climate change over a single human lifespan, focusing on three core drivers of environmental transformation. First, we examine overconsumption, the rise of pollution, and escalating emissions that have exponentially degraded global ecosystems. Second, we analyze the lack of knowledge and everyday preoccupations—where individuals remain blinded by immediate daily worries, resulting in deficient interest, insufficient funding, and low overall societal awareness. Third, we address the lack of initiative and political complacency, highlighting how individuals underestimate their collective power while policymakers fail to prioritize planetary health. By synthesizing historical data with contemporary modeling, this study quantifies the velocity of these compounding crises and underscores the critical urgency for grassroots empowerment, shifted economic priorities, and aggressive intergenerational policy reforms to secure long-term global habitability.