What: CIRES Distinguished Lecture Series with Roger S. Pulwarty
When: Friday, April 7, 4 p.m.
Where: CIRES Auditorium (room 338)
Adaptation is higher than ever before on the global agenda. Countries, communities and businesses are demanding access to authoritative, usable science and risk assessment information for making both near and long-term decisions in the face of changing weather and climate trends and extremes.
On Friday, April 7, the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) will welcome Roger S. Pulwarty as the next guest lecturer in the CIRES Distinguished Lecture Series to present "Slow onsets, abrupt changes, and fast reflexes: Research on adaptation in a changing world."
Drawing on his research and experience in efforts to address such questions, Pulwarty will outline the existing and projected risks; options, challenges and opportunities for implementing adaptation strategies; regional and local climate information systems; and the coordination and capacity needed for securing the co-benefits of weather and climate risk management.
Pulwarty is the senior science advisor for climate research at the NOAA (National Oceanic and and Atmospheric Administration) Climate Program and the Physical Sciences Division in Boulder, Colorado. His publications focus on climate extremes and adaptation in the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean.
The lecture will take place in the CIRES Auditorium with a light reception to follow in the CIRES Atrium.
The Distinguished Lecture Series is designed to bring outstanding scientists, as well as historians of science, science policy makers, science journalists and others who take imaginative positions on environmental issues and can establish enduring connections after their departure.
For more information on Pulwarty's upcoming lecture, see the event page on the CIRES website.
