Joint TRORC Board Meeting

For a copy of the TRORC Business Meeting agenda, click here: TRORC Board Meeting Agenda 1-20-16

Meeting the Challenges of Climate Change in the Upper Valley

Joint Meeting by Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission, Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission, Vital Communities

Upper Valley Adaptation Workgroup

 

Montshire Musuem

January 20, 2016

5:30-8:00

 

AGENDA

530 – 6:30 pm

Main meeting room

Poster presentations on mitigation and adaptation projects by organizations.

Meet staff and network with board members

 

5:30-6:00

Business meeting of TRORC in classroom

 

6::30 – 6:50

·       6:30 – 6:34 Welcome from the three directors  (Nate Miller, Tom Roberts, Peter Gregory)

·        6:35 – 6:45 Introduction to Upper Valley Adaptation Workgroup, What is “mitigation”  vs “adaptation”? – Alex Jaccaci

·        6:45-6:55 Thinking about risk and uncertainty – Kevin Geiger

 

6:55 – 7:15

Presentation by Erich Osterberg , Assistant Professor Department of Earth Science, Dartmouth College
·         Overall state of science and observed measurements as regional as possible

·         Future range of climate possibilities, global and regional

 

7:15 – 7:20

Questions and Answers

 

7:20 – 7:50

Presentations by TRORC, UVLSRPC and VC on mitigation and adaptation – past, present and future

 

7:50 – 8:00

Closing –Alex on UVAW community resilience project going forward

 

Catering will be provided from 5:30-6:30 so please RSVP to Dee Gish at [email protected] or 802-457-3188.