Living the New Reality: Climate Change & Wildland Fires, Jan. 30

Living the New Reality: What You Should Know About Climate Change & Wildland Fires
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019
8 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report (IPCC) – Update (8 - 9:15 a.m.)
What consequences does the recent IPCC report indicate? Impacts on humans and natural systems of additional warming? Adaptation and mitigation options for reducing risks over shorter and longer time scales.

Speaker:
• Dr. Kristie L. Ebi, Lead Author on Chapter 3 of the IPCC Report, Director of the Health and the Global Environment (CHanGE), and Rohm and Haas Endowed Profession in Public Health Services at the University of Washington will provide a look at current realities and future scenarios.

Panel: Wildland Fire Causes, Impacts & Solution (9:30 - 11 a.m.)
What public and private sectors need to know, historical perspective, fire management/response, impacts of climate change, potential suggestions and solutions.

Wildland Fire Causes, Impacts and Solutions
A roundtable discussion with four fire experts will cover what public and private sectors need to know, historical perspective, fire management/response, impacts of climate change, potential suggestions and solutions.

Speakers:
• Chris Anthony, Division Chief for CAL FIRE, Amador-El Dorado Unit East Division Operations
• Alex Hoon, National Weather Service Reno, Incident Meteorologist
• Matt Mehle, National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area, Incident Meteorologist
• Michael Reid, Aviation Safety Officer & Air Safety Investigator, USFS, Washington Office
• Brandon Miller, CNN Supervising Weather Producer, Atlanta, Moderator

Speakers’ biographies available at: http://osstahoe.com/speakers/.

Presented by the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority & Tahoe Douglas Visitors Authority

With support from our sponsors: Heavenly Mountain, Harrah's & Harveys Lake Tahoe, Edgewood Tahoe, Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel at Heavenly, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Lake Tahoe, MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Tahoe Fund

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