Module: Climate change and Hawaii

How climate change is predicted to impact on Hawaii.

Learning Outcomes

Understand the predicted impact of climate change on Hawaii

(Example: You understand predictions for beach loss.)
You have developed a view on how Hawaii should prepare for climate change.

Readings

Hawaii Sea Level Rise Viewer

An interactive visualization of predicted sea level rise exposure areas and vulnerabilities

15 minutes

Fourth national climate assessment: Hawaii and US-affiliated Pacific islands

A report on climate change issues impacting on Hawaii including water, biodiversity, coastal communities, marine resources, and indigenous peoples.

30 minutes

Aloha+ Challenge Dashboard

The Aloha+ Challenge is a statewide commitment to achieve six interconnected sustainability goals for 2030.

10 minutes

We have to move our homes and businesses away from the shoreline. But how?

Hawaii lawmakers will confront major policy questions this session as they grapple with looming problems from a warming planet.

10 minutes

Experiential Learning

Quiz yourself

See how well you understand the readings

Up to 10 points

Aloha+ Challenge and climate change

How well does the Aloha Plus challenge respond to climate change impacts?

Up to 20 points

Assessments

Module statistics

This assessment gathers a number of summary statistics regarding this module, including:

Number of people viewing the module.
Number of people attempting the quiz.
Breakdown of quiz scores.
Number of repeat attempts at the quiz.

Aloha+ Challenge percentage

Outcomes assessed: Understand the predicted impact of climate change on Hawaii

This assessment calculates the percentage of people who have submitted an opinion on how to modify the Aloha+ Challenge dashboard to better account for climate change impacts, and the average number of points.

It can serve as a measure of the degree of understanding of climate change preparations at the societal level and how they could be measured and tracked.