Adapting to Climate Change: International Association for the Great Lakes (IAGLR)
Conference: The 66th Annual Conference on the Great Lakes Theme: Adapting to Climate Change
Host: International Association for the Great Lakes (IAGLR)
Co-Hosts: Toronto and region Conservation Authority and Toronto Metropolitan University
Description: The conference is to feature four days of scientific sessions and speakers focusing on the theme: Adapting to Climate Change. Conference program. Conference abstracts.
- Minnesota Sea Grant Great Lakes Transportation Extension Educator Kelsey Prihoda will be co-chairing the session: Great Lakes Oil Spill Science: Planning and Response in a Changing Climate and presenting How HazMaTON is working to help advance oil spill science in the Laurentian Great Lakes.
- Minnesota Sea Grant Resilience Extension Educator Madison Rodman and University of Minnesota Duluth Natural Resources Research Institute colleague Tiffany Sprague's abstract for this meeting:
- Great Lakes One Water Resilient Future project.
- Supporting community solutions through the Lake Superior Great Lakes One Water Community of Practice. The Lake Superior Great Lakes One Water (GLOW) Community of Practice (CoP) is a catalyst for collaborative community-engaged work on water quantity and quality challenges. GLOW is a supportive network of non-profit, municipal government and academic partners and is a space for connecting, sharing resources and building capacity to collectively increase our community’s resilience.
- Since its founding in 2018 the Lake Superior GLOW CoP has centered its work on equitably addressing and serving marginalized communities - those most vulnerable to and with the fewest means to adapt to water challenges. In this poster we will share how GLOW is both fostering critical community-government collaborations and helping to communicate climate and water science in the western Lake Superior region.
- A special focus will be a case study of current efforts in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Duluth, Minnesota where we are working with and engaging the community on visioning and implementation of green infrastructure solutions at the small, neighborhood block scale. GLOW’s framework for community engagement and CoP model can be applied and replicated by scientists and outreach professionals to build resilience to water challenges across the Great Lakes region.