This two-week course is the capstone of UC San Diego’s Global Environmental Leadership and Sustainability Program because it bridges scientific research to environmental policy. Students connect scientific research they perform with Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) researchers to environmental policy making on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. High achieving high school students are given the opportunity to work hand-in-hand with graduate researchers at SIO in San Diego analyzing data and exploring the causes and effects of climate change on earth’s systems. Students connect the research to policy making by writing an issue paper and then traveling to Washington DC to present their findings to their Congressional Representatives on Capitol Hill.

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