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Overview
Just about everybody has heard of climate change.
Just about everybody has heard that continued dependency on fossil fuels will result in:
- Increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases.
- Increasing sea levels.
- More intense weather and weather-related events such as stronger hurricanes and prolonged droughts.
But many people know little else about climate change.
This presentation will:
- Help you better understand climate change.
- Give you the latest assessment of the threats posed by climate change based on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change August 2021 Comprehensive Report.
- Explain the lifestyle changes that global humanity must make to combat and mitigate climate change.
- Talk about specific initiatives that South Carolina is taking to combat climate change.
- Talk about what you can do today to reduce your carbon footprint and facilitate the changes needed to mitigate climate change.
Program recordings
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About our presenter 
Ted Volskay, the co-chair of the LWVSC Environmental Working Group, has lived in South Carolina since 1982:
- First in Charleston, SC while in the Navy,
- In Pendleton, SC (1986 to 1988) while attending Clemson University, and
- In the Greenville, SC area since 1989.
An environmental consultant since 1988 specializing in regulatory compliance, soil and groundwater contaminant assessment and characterization, and soil and groundwater remediation, Ted holds a BS in Chemistry (University of South Florida, Tampa) and MS in Environmental Engineering (Clemson University).
Ted recently completed graduate courses in renewable power, economics and finance for sustainability, and climate change and mitigation toward graduate certification in "Climate Change and Sustainability."
