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Oceans Islands Futures - Enabling Climate Action for Coastal & Marine Areas

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Ocean, Islands, Futures
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Rakaia Room (hybrid)

Speaker

Prof Bruce Glavovic
Professor
Massey University

Enabling climate action: New UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission guidance for community-based coastal hazard risk reduction, adaptation and climate resilient development

3:45 PM - 4:30 PM

Biography

Bruce has worked as a policy advisor, consultant planner, and academic in South Africa, the USA, and New Zealand. His applied research centres on how to make societal choices in turbulent times, with a focus on climate change adaptation; natural hazards planning; coastal governance; and collaborative planning and conflict transformation.
Dr Cynthia Rosenzweig
Senior Research Scientist
Columbia Climate School / Nasa Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Workshop on Strengthening Effectiveness of Climate Change Adaptation in the Global South and Small Island Developing States

4:30 PM - 5:15 PM

Biography

Dr. Rosenzweig is a Senior Research Scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and The Columbia Climate School, where she heads the Climate Impacts Group. She is Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) and Co-Chair of the WASP Science Committee.
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