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Uncertain Action, Uncertain Impacts: Selecting Climate Change Scenarios for Adaptation Planning
February 29 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Date: February 29, 2024 | Register Here: https://bit.ly/3tCXw2z
Time: 10-11am Pacific / 1-2pm Eastern / 2-3pm Atlantic / 2:30-3:30pm NL
Cost / Platform: Free, online (Zoom)
Description: Climate change projections provide valuable guidance for adaptation planning. However, their effective use requires consideration of uncertainty inherent in projections in the context of their particular vulnerabilities and tolerance for risk. Although this uncertainty has multiple sources, the primary means that relevant parties have to engage with uncertainty is by comparing climate scenarios. Deciding which scenarios warrant consideration is proving increasingly contentious; consequently, climate science communicators, service providers, and related government offices may face conflicting recommendations regarding scenario choices, shaping practices of climate risk assessment and (ultimately) adaptation actions. The panelists will delve into these challenges and concerns, while considering how climate scenarios have been designed, their value and limitations, and their potential to inform adaptation planning.
Panelists:
Joe Daraio, Associate Professor, P.Eng., Department of Civil Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Sabine Dietz, PHD, Executive Director, CLIMAtlantic
Vanessa Schweizer, Associate Professor, Department of Knowledge Integration, University of Waterloo
Christian Seiler, Assistant Professor, School of Environmental Studies, Arts and Sciences, Queen’s University
Moderator: Joel Finnis, Memorial University of Newfoundland