Organizer

Objectives

• Discuss the access and use of climate information to support adaptation in farming and indigenous communities, and the challenges and opportunities associated with it, through a dialogue with researchers, climate experts and development practitioners.
• Introduce the concept of Academies of Climate Services to promote interdisciplinary dialogue and capacity building between scientists, practitioners and policy makers in the Global South.

Speakers

• Jacqueline Spence-Hemmings, Climate Branch Head, Meteorological Service Division
• Francisco Souza, Managing Director, FSC Indigenous Foundation, Panama
• John Furlow, Director, International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) at Columbia University Climate School

Moderator

• Mélody Braun, Senior Research Staff Associate, International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) at Columbia University Climate School