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.