An engineer's assessment on adapting to global warming and climate change
Engineers’ major strength is applying scientific knowledge to identify problems and optimize solutions to their client's needs. The engineer's principal client is the public. The most pressing of society's challenges are protecting public health and the environment. Among the key aspects of this protection are ways to address and prevent problems associated with climate change. To this end, engineers must innovatively apply the physical and biological sciences to control and manage the generation and release of greenhouse gases. This is best achieved through systems approaches that successfully apply thermodynamics and fluid dynamics within proper social, economic, and cultural contexts and effectively communicating solutions to the scientific community and the public.
