Session 5A From Data to Decisions: Climate Action and Advocacy

Tuesday, 30 January 2024: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Holiday 5 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Host: 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs:
Sikchya Upadhayay, NOAA/NWS, Science and Technology Integration, Silver Spring, MD; Sujay V. Kumar, PhD, GSFC, HSL, Greenbelt, MD and Denis Felikson, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Talks within this session are centered around how scientists and organizations can make climate science actionable and equitable and to consider our role as advocates.

Papers:
8:30 AM
5A.1
Best Practices for Scientific Advocacy
Chris Marchesano, Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, New York City, NY

8:45 AM
5A.2
NASA Equity and Environmental Justice Program. Advancing Community Understanding and Use of Earth Observations to Help Advocate for Change.
Sabrina Delgado Arias, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Neugebauer, S. Gupta, N. Tulley, E. L. Yates, L. Childs-Gleason, and R. Hooks

9:00 AM
5A.3
Regional Climate Information for Society
Sara C. Pryor, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

9:15 AM
5A.4
Space as a Toolbox for Climate Action - Results from the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) first Global Conference on Climate (GLOC 2023), held May 2023 in Oslo Norway
Harry A. Cikanek III, NOAA (Retired), Laurel, MD; and C. Hauglie-Hanssen, C. Feichtinger, J. E. Graf, B. Ryan, and O. Morten-Olsen

9:30 AM
5A.5
Building Knowledge to Support Equitable Climate Resilience in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
Zachary McEachran, NWS, Chanhassen, MN; and T. Twine, M. A. Kenney, M. Woloszyn, B. Connelly, A. J. Peters, D. Williamson, and B. Perry

Handout (4.7 MB)

9:45 AM
5A.6
Protecting the Climate Integrity of Hydrogen Systems: From Science to Action
Ilissa B. Ocko, Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, DC

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