From Knowledge Gaps to Action: How Pacific RISCC Bridges Science and Management for Pacific Island Resilience
with
Dr. Elliott Parsons
Specialist, Pacific Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change Network
Join us in person
on September 30, 2025, 12 p.m.
at the Hawaiʻi Institute of Geophysics (HIG) building, room 210, on the UH Mānoa campus.
A free lunch will be available for the first 25 participants
Pacific Island communities face mounting challenges from the combined pressures of invasive species and climate change, which together threaten biodiversity, food systems, infrastructure, and public health. To address these interconnected issues, the Pacific Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change (Pacific RISCC) Management Network was launched in 2020 to connect scientists and managers, co-produce solutions, and translate research into action. Over the past five years, Pacific RISCC has grown into a multi-partner collaboration across Hawaiʻi and the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands, hosting webinars, producing research summaries, and facilitating workshops on invasive species in a changing climate. This talk will highlight key accomplishments, share outcomes from recent projects, and underscore the critical role that boundary-spanning organizations like Pacific RISCC play in building resilience across the Pacific Islands.
Join us for this next seminar of the “Slice of PI-CASC” seminar series hosted by the Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center! The series is designed for a wide audience to learn about climate adaptation research and science-to-management applications for Hawaiʻi, the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands, and beyond.