Gordon Research Seminar — Radiation and Climate

Humanity is in the midst of a natural experiment where our actions are altering Earth’s climate in ways that are making human and natural systems less resilient. Climate science provides knowledge, through observations and model predictions, capable of reducing the impacts of climate change. The rapid integration of new advances into societal decision making as well as accelerating progress in key areas are required to maximize the societal benefit of climate science. The urgency required in these areas points to the need to more closely link the frontiers of climate science with societal impacts and motivates the theme of the 2023 Gordon Research Seminar in Radiation and Climate “Science to Inform Climate Sustainability and Resilience.” The goal of this seminar is to identify and discuss frontier science topics where advances in process understanding contain exceptional value to inform societal resilience to a range of climate change impacts including temperature extremes on land and in the ocean, droughts, floods, sea level rise and coastal inundation, wildfire and air quality, food security, clean energy, poverty, infrastructure and water quality.

Topics: Science to Inform Climate Sustainability and Resilience