NEWS & EVENTS

2020 Pacific Islands
Climate Adaptation Science Summit

Video Recordings

November 17/18, 2020
Location: Virtual, Online via Zoom

Day 1: November 17, 2020, 1:00 – 4:20 PM HST

Welcome and Climate Commissioners’ Panel
With representatives from Hawai‘i and across the Pacific and moderated by University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Provost Michael Bruno

10:46 PI-CASC consortium director Dr. Darren Lerner introduces moderator Provost Michael Bruno
12:55 Michael Bruno introduces the panel
17:00 Evangline Lujan
27:24 Xavier Matsutaro
45:08 Suzanne Case
53:59 Q&A

(For active section links, please watch the video on PI-CASC youtube channel.)

Science Partners’ Panel
With representatives planned from: PI-CASC, Pacific RISA, USDA Climate Hub, Water Resources Research Center, Hawai‘i Sea Grant, and the National Estuarine Research Reserve

1:12 Mari-Vaughn Johnson, USGS
9:04 Victoria Keener, Pacific RISA & the East-West Center
17:36 Tom Giambelluca, Director of WRRC & UH Dept. of Geography and Environment
27:42 Caitriana Steele, Coordinator of USDA Southwest Climate Hub
35:54 Kawika Winter, Reserve Manager of Heʻeia NERR
42:23 Darren Lerner, Director of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant, PI-CASC University Consortium Director

(For active section links, please watch the video on PI-CASC youtube channel.)

Climate Adaptation Research and Management Lightning Talks (Part 1)
Topics will include: Changing plant communities, Changing landscapes: fire and drought, and Marine and freshwater ecosystems

1:42 Lucas Fortini
14:02 Elliott Parsons
26:37 Patrick Keeler
40:13 Abby Frazier
53:24 Clay Trauernicht
1:05:30 Sierra McDaniel
1:16:57 Tracy Wiegner

(For active section links, please watch the video on PI-CASC youtube channel.)

Day 2: November 18, 2020, 1:00 – 4:15 PM HST

Welcome and Overview of Day 1

Climate Adaptation Research and Management Lightning Talks (Part 2)
Topics will include: Changing landscapes: water resources, Sea-level rise and coastal resiliance, Biocultural resources, and Marine and freshwater ecosystems

1:04 Ryan Perroy
15:25 Stephen Gingerich
29:10 Karen Thorne
42:19 Christian Giardina
54:43 Miwa Tamanaha
1:06:03 Dean Gesch
1:20:30 Mary-Anne Maigret
1:35:51 Yin-Phan Tsang

(For active section links, please watch the video on PI-CASC youtube channel.)

Breakout session reports and Summit closing
(Note: Recording began late so not all reports are included in video here.)

Research- and Management-needs Breakout Session videos

Bio-cultural connections video was not recorded.