在美国应急管理中增强成人气候素养能力的途径
1Columbia University, New York, New York. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9358-607X.
Journal of emergency management (Weston, Mass.)
|January 8, 2026
概括
未来的应急管理人员培训必须整合气候素养,以应对人类造成的气候变化影响. 这项研究探讨了美国紧急管理专业人员的教育途径,以提高他们的气候变化准备.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 公共管理 公共管理
- 成人教育 成人教育.
背景情况:
- 美国 (美国) 的应急管理人员需要提高气候素养,以应对人为气候变化的日益严重影响.
- 当前的培训和教育途径可能没有充分准备专业人员应对气候相关灾害的准备和适应.
- 了解紧急管理专业人员的具体学习需求对于开发有效的气候教育计划至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定和评估美国应急管理人员关于气候素养的未来培训和教育的途径.
- 调查气候变化教育如何有效地满足专业人士准备和适应气候变化影响的学习需求.
- 在气候变化背景下,探索美国紧急管理专业中的可持续性思维方式.
主要方法:
- 采用了一个探索性的集体案例研究设计,涉及美国六名经过认证的紧急管理专业人员 (关键信息人员).
- 与关键信息提供者进行了半结构化采访,以收集深入的见解.
- 一项更广泛的调查分发给56名额外的应急管理人员,以收集补充数据和验证调查结果.
主要成果:
- 关键信息人员确定了与了解气候变化科学及其当地影响相关的具体知识缺口和培训需求.
- 该研究强调,需要实用,基于场景的培训,将气候变化纳入紧急管理的各个方面.
- 调查数据显示,人们普遍意识到气候变化,但希望获得更正式的教育机会.
结论:
- 应急管理人员的未来培训必须优先考虑气候素养,重点关注人为气候变化及其社会影响.
- 教育计划应适应应急管理专业人员的实际需求,增强他们的适应能力.
- 将气候变化教育纳入现有的应急管理课程是建立更有弹性的未来的关键.
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