Climate Science and Climate Action in the Aftermath of Two Natural Disasters

Join us for a thought-provoking conversation on climate change featuring scholars and community representatives from both Florence and Providence. The discussion will bridge global and local perspectives, exploring flood vulnerability, infrastructure preservation, cultural and artistic heritage protection, climate action, education, justice, and community resilience.

Moderator:Cornelia Dean – Science writer and former Science Editor of The New York Times, author of Making Sense of Science (Harvard University Press).

Panelists:

• April Brown – Organizational Steward, Racial and Environmental Justice Committee
• Enrica Caporali – Professor of Hydrology and Hydraulic Structures, University of Florence; Chair Associate, UNESCO Prevention and Sustainable Management of Geo-Hydrological Hazards initiative
• Manuel Cordero – Founder and Principal at CIVIC; licensed architect in Rhode Island
• Emanuele Di Lorenzo – Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University; Chairman and Co-founder of Ocean Visions; Special Advisor on ocean and climate solutions at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• Macarena Gomez-Barris – Timothy C. Forbes and Anne S. Harrison University Professor of Modern Culture and Media; Chair of Modern Culture and Media; Director of the Center for Environmental Humanities at Brown University
• Kyle McElroy – Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island