In a Changing Climate, Resilience Research Can Help Communities ‘Make Decisions for a Better Future’

A conversation with NIST economist and U.S. delegate to the IPCC, Jennifer Helgeson

View as a Web Page Taking Measure Blog In a Changing Climate, Resilience Research Can Help Communities 'Make Decisions for a Better Future' Climate change keeps NIST economist Jennifer Helgeson up at night. Not with worry, but with work. For the last several weeks, Helgeson was working on the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations body that publishes scientific assessments of climate change. As part of the U.S. delegation to the IPCC, she supported State Department representatives as they negotiated the final wording of the report's "Summary for Policymakers" with their counterparts from around the world. Unable to attend the negotiations in person due to COVID travel restrictions, Helgeson dialed in from her home in Maryland. Her workday started at 4 a.m. local time. The IPCC report, which was published last week, highlights the fact that climate change is already impacting ecosystems and people around the world. If warming continues, the risks will increase. But even now, many impacts are unavoidable. People will have to adapt. Read More IN CASE YOU MISSED IT The Trials and Triumphs of a Small City's Hurricane Recovery Could Help Other Communities Bounce Back Jan. 19, 2022 In September 2018, a North Carolina city's long road to recovery from Hurricane Matthew two years earlier became even longer. Lumberton, a small but diverse city of 21,000 people, 96 kilometers (60 miles) inland from the coast, unfortunately found itself in Hurricane Florence's sights. Read More

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