Jan. 26
- What: Webinar: Decision-Making for At-Risk Communities in a Changing Climate
- When: 10 - 11 am Alaska time
- More Info: DAN WHITE, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, will give the presentation. Many communities in Alaska are faced with multiple threats to infrastructure and quality of life due, in part, to projected changes in precipitation, temperature, and related incidences of flooding and erosion. Decision-makers must determine how best to manage their community's vulnerability with the knowledge that future environmental change is uncertain. This webinar will discuss a newly released report "Decision-making for at-risk communities in a changing climate" prepared by the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy. The report is intended to inform decision-makers relating to climate change and uncertainty, risk management, and relocation planning. Issues addressed regarding the planning process for relocation focus on the steps from planning through execution, perspectives on community engagement, partial relocation, site development costs, and timing. Sustainability recommendations focus on defining sustainability, future energy planning, planning for a changing cost of living, and available transportation corridors. Join this webinar to learn more about decision-making for at-risk communities in a changing climate. To participate, Log-In to the Alaska Climate Teleconference: 1) With a regular telephone dial: 1-800-893-8850. 2) When prompted, enter the PIN code: 7531823 PLEASE MUTE YOUR PHONE DURING THE PRESENTATION. The audio is very sensitive and your external conversations and typing can be heard by other participants. To view the presentation during a teleconference: 1) Point your web browser to: http://www.shareitnow.com 2) Click on the blue Join a Meeting button on the left side bar.3) For Presenter ID enter:
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February 5
- What: Columbia Glacier's Disintegration Course lecture
- When: 7:00 pm
- Where: Prince William Sound Community College, Glennallen
- More Info: Professor Tad Pfeffer presently leads the long-term study of Columbia Glacier, in Prince William Sound. Columbia Glacier is one the world’s most extensively studied glaciers and is also one of the world’s most rapidly changing glaciers. This lecture is also available at PWSCC outreach sites for video conferencing: Chitina Community Hall, Kenny Lake Library, Slana School, Valdez PWSCC. Must register by Feb. 3 to attend an outreach site. Please call PWSCC at 822-3673 to schedule. The lecture is sponsored by Wrangell Institute for Science and Environment and Prince William Sound Community College.
February 5
- What: Canada's Hudson Bay Polar Bears
- When: 6:30 to 8:00 pm
- Where: Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center, Juneau
- More Info: Hudson Bay’s polar bears exist in the most southern reaches of the polar bear’s range in an area that completely melts for 4 months each year. LEAH MAGOWAN’s observations, stories and photos of this population for the last six years reveal some of the changes in the bears’ behavior and their adaptations to a life with less ice. For more information, contact 907.789.0097 or www.mendenhallglacier.net.
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