Adapting To Climate Change: Innovative Solutions For Building Water Resilience To Long-term Meteorological & Hydrological Change
Session ID#: 159128
Session Description:
Increasing global temperature and atmospheric moisture has altered meteorology and hydrology around the world. The global hydrological cycle is intensifying. Consequences include more extreme water events: increasingly-severe droughts & floods. The human fingerprint on rainfall patterns has been mapped; satellite imagery clearly shows how climate change and human developments are impacting the water cycle. But opportunities to adapt, adopt and invest in innovative solutions are often missed. Farmers, businesses, and cities could better manage climate change-related risks to water by rapidly adopting solutions for managing drought, desertification, forest fire, flooding, water quality, algal blooms and other consequences of an intensifying hydrological cycle. Yet, awareness of tools for building water-related resilience & expertise needed to sustainably deploy them effectively is lacking.
Through this session, we seek engineers, policy makers, farmers, real estate representatives, climate psychologists, climate and water scientists, medical doctors, climate and water technology innovators, entertainers, risk managers, and educators. A multi- and inter-disciplinary panel transcending traditional domains and overcoming "siloing" to inform the conversation and connect the dots between human health, community wellness, education, living labs, and financial solutions to urgent problems for immediate impacts. A discussion intended to translate academic research and "real world" experience into practical actions for managing climate-related water risk.
This session may be of particular interest to individuals & institutions interested in practical solutions to Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) concerns related to water.
Primary Convener: Lauren Enright, Axiom Climate, Santa Barbara, CA, United States and Water Strategist
Conveners: Indrani Pal, NOAA Center for Earth System Science & Remote Sensing Technologies, The City University of New York, New York City, NY, United States; The Earth Institute at Columbia University, New York City, NY, United States, Michael Stanley Gallisdorfer, Desalytics, Buffalo, United States and Water Strategist
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