Climate Change, Security, and Earth Observation

This event will feature keynote speakers:

• Dr. Ronald Sugar, VIDEO
  CEO of Northrop Grumman Corporation;
• Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher, VIDEO
  former Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere (NOAA), and

Speakers and panelists will discuss three principal issues:

1. The serious and pervasive effects of climate change on national security;
2. Building the infrastructure and capability to collect and analyze data on Earth systems for the adaptation and mitigation of the effects of climate change; and
3. The need for U.S. leadership in spearheading multilateral collaboration on these initiatives

The panelists are:
VIDEO

• Ms. Sharon Burke,
  Senior Fellow, Center for New American Security
• Dr. Ana Unuruh Cohen,
  Deputy Staff Director, House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming
• Dr. William Hooke,
• Director and Senior Policy Fellow, American Meteorological Society
• Ms. Sara Ladislaw,
  Fellow, Energy and National Security Program (moderator)