ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN DEL MAR: PROTECTING YOUR PROPERTY AND OUR COMMUNITY
9:00 – 9:05 am WELCOME
Tracy Martinez
9:05 – 9:30 am INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Mark Merrifield PhD, Director, Center for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Ralph Keeling PhD, Principle Investigator for Atmospheric Oxygen, Scripps Institute of Oceanography; Founder and Director,
Keeling Curve Foundation
9:30 – 9:55 am OUR LOCAL ECOSYSTEM AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT
Jonathan Applebaum, Resource Ecologist, Volcan Mountain Foundation Conservancy and Volcan Mountain Foundation
9:55 – 10:20 am IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON COASTAL RESOURCES INCLUDING BEACHES AND BLUFFS
Bob Battalio, Environmental Science Associates
10:20– 10:35 am Q&A SPEAKER PANEL
10:35 – 10:50 am Break
10:50 – 11:15 am KEEPING A HEALTHY LAGOON AND WHY IT IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN CLIMATE CHANGE
Serge Dedina, Ph.D., CEO WildCoast
11:15 – 11:40 am CARING FOR OUR TREES AND WHY THEY ARE IMPORTANT IN ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE
Tony Gurnoe, Arborist, Tree Hugger
11:40 – 12:05 pm GARDENING WISELY IN A CHANGING CLIMATE
Linda Chisari, Retired Landscape Designer, and highly recognized local botanical educator
12:05 – 12-20 pm Q&A SPEAKER PANEL
12:20 – 1:00 pm LUNCH (will be provided)
1:00 – 1:25 pm UNDERSTANDING THE INCREASING RISK OF FIRE IN A CHANGING CLIMATE
Rick Halsey, Director, California Chaparral Institute
1:25 – 1:50 pm UPDATED HARDENING GUIDANCE TO HELP YOU PRESERVE YOUR HOME AND COMMINUTY AS
PREPARATION FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
Jordan Villagomez, Senior Deputy Fire Marshall, City of Del Mar
1:50 – 2:15 pm TRIBAL INSPIRATION
Andrew Pittman, Tribal Community Member of Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians, Founder Condor Visual
Media
2:15 – 2:30 pm Q&A SPEAKER PANEL
2:30 – 2:55 pm CONNECTING WITH OUR NATURAL COASTAL ENVIRONMENT
Jonathan Applebaum, Resource Ecologist
2:55 – 3:00 pm CLOSING
Carol Kerridge
3:00 pm WINE AND CHEESE RECEPTION
*Event MC Dwight Worden