As part of the collaborative Climate Week, the Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Climate Science Center (PI-CASC) hosted its 2023 Hawaiʻi Climate Adaptation Science Summit on January 10th and 11th, 2023, for researchers, resource managers, officials, practitioners, and other science-users working on climate change impacts and adaptation for ecosystems and communities in Hawaiʻi and the USAPI.
This video includes Day 1 introductory remarks by the PI-CASC federal and consortium directors, and the keynote presentation for the day’s theme of “Drought and Wildfire in Hawaiʻi” by Elizabeth Pickett, co-executive director of the Hawaiʻi Wildfire Management Organization (start time 16:07).
Partners for the summit include: the Hawaiʻi State Climate Commission, University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program, Pacific RISA, the East-West Center, USDA Forest Service, and the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.
A full program guide (pdf) is available at the PI-CASC Science Summit event page: https://pi-casc.soest.hawaii.edu/news/2023-hawai%CA%BBi-climate-adaptation-science-summit/
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