On the cutting edge: Lessons from the 5th National Climate Assessment and the Vermont Climate Action Plan

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, PhD from University of Vermont (UVM) is this year's Robert H. Woodworth Lecturer in the Sciences. This presentation will explore the latest climate change science coming out of the 2023 National Climate Assessment, as well as the implementation of Vermont’s first ever Climate Action Plan, which was adopted in December 2021.

About

An applied climatologist by training, Dr. Dupigny-Giroux's research interests intersect a number of interdisciplinary fields including hydroclimatic natural hazards and climate literacy, geospatial climate and land-surface processes, all within the context of our changing climate. Dr. Dupigny-Giroux has served as the Vermont State Climatologist since 1997, and is the immediate Past President of the American Association of State Climatologists. In 2020, she was appointed by the Vermont House of Representatives to the Vermont Climate Council as the member with expertise in climate change science. She continues to work with Vermont State Agencies and municipalities in their planning for and adapting to climate change. She is an expert in floods, droughts and severe weather and the ways in which these affect Vermont's landscape and people. She has worked extensively with K-12 teachers and students, bringing the use of satellites, climatology and climate change to all levels of the pre-university curriculum. She is the lead editor of Historical climate variability and impacts in North America, the first monograph to deal with the use of documentary and other ancillary records for analyzing climate variability and change in the North American context.

Bio from UVM website.