The panel discussion is being organized by Nancy Anderson, executive director of the Sallan Foundation.

Climate change holds great uncertainties, but the fact of climate change is not in doubt. Cities, in which more than half the world's population now live, are ever more at risk. The New York Metro Area - with its dense population, concentration of essential infrastructure systems and high-value building stock - is particularly vulnerable. Today, City government, The Port Authority and private insurers are developing risk management tools for identifying, assessing, and managing risks posed by climate change.

Join us the New York Academy of Sciences to learn how experts think through complex climate adaptation issues -some of which are well beyond the realm of past experience - and how decisions about adaptation are being made.

Organizer
Nancy Anderson, The Sallan Foundation

Moderator
Alyssa Katz, Pratt Institute for Community Development

Speakers
Gary Yohe, Wesleyan University
Megan Linkin, Swiss Re
Christopher Zeppie, Port Authority

Reception to follow

Registration
Member: FREE
Non-Member: $20
Non-Member (Student/Postdoc): $10
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Location
The New York Academy of Sciences
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich St, 40th Fl
New York, NY 10007 

For additional information, e-mail nymeetings@nyas.org or call 212.298.3725