Integrated Models for Complex Decision Making: Developing new models that enable scientists, policy makers, city managers, and communities to harness vast amounts of data from a variety of sources to make effective and timely climate-related decisions.

Stories of Ancient Resilience: Reexamining the past to inspire a new vision of human resilience and effective response to the climate crisis.

 

Tuesday, May 11, 2021
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Equitable and Regenerative Cities in a Post-Carbon Future: Reimagining more equitable and resource-efficient metropolitan areas while safeguarding the food, fiber, fuel, and water that people and the planet depend on.

Networks for Hazard Preparedness and Response: Preparing for floods and heat waves by designing new maps and tools that can be used by first responders, neighborhood associations, city governments, and planners.

 

Wednesday, May 12, 2021
1-2:00 p.m.

Frontline Community Partnerships for Climate Justice: Partnering with diverse populations to research and discover locally led solutions to the climate crisis while identifying new green career pathways out of poverty.

Biodiversity and Changing Landscapes: Pioneering new methods to explain and predict changes in ecosystems by monitoring wildlife, weather, soil, disease-carrying pathogens, and more to better understand the effects of climate change and human activity on nature and human health.