An aerial photo taken October 28, 2019, by the Air Ops team from the Los Angeles County Fire Department of California's Getty Fire. (Image credit: Los Angeles County Fire Department via Facebook)
To address the impacts of climate change-- which disproportionately affects the most vulnerable populations in the United States-- partners in the public and private sector need access to meaningful, timely, and authoritative data and information in order to effectively measure, mitigate, and monitor climate-related risks. Hosted by NOAA, the Center for Open Data Enterprise offsite link (CODE), Amazon Web Services offsite link, and the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative offsite link, the “Data for Climate Risk Assessment in Vulnerable Communities” webinar will highlight current challenges and areas for collaboration to assess and address climate risk using innovative data approaches.
WHEN
Wednesday, June 23
12:00 - 1:00 pm ET
WHAT
Webinar on “Data for Climate Risk Assessment in Vulnerable Communities” for data users, stakeholders, and the media
WHO
- Don Graves, Deputy Secretary of Commerce, U.S. Commerce Department
- Ben Friedman, acting NOAA administrator, NOAA
- Ko Barrett, Deputy Assistant Administrator, NOAA
- Joel Gurin, President, CODE
- Ana Pinheiro Privette, PhD, Lead, Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative
- Dave Levy, Vice President, Amazon Web Services
- Jennifer Jurado, Florida Association of Counties, Chief Resilience Officer & Director
- Ed Kearns, Chief Data Officer, First Street Foundation
Additional speakers to be confirmed.
HOW
Register using this Zoom link offsite link.
Speaker remarks will be followed by moderated Q&A, led by Joel Gurin, President of CODE.
Media contact
Kate Brogan, katherine.brogan@noaa.gov, 202-603-9651
