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As climate change continues to pose significant threats to cities worldwide, the need for advanced tools and technologies to help communities prepare and adapt has never been more critical. Join us for a co-production workshop and panel presentation exploring the potential uses, risks, and opportunities of AI to provide communities with hyperlocal data to better understand their risks and prepare for climate threats.Â
The event will include a panel discussion with City agency representatives and practitioners from the Urban Design Forum’s Rewire program, and showcase ClimateIQ – a freely accessible AI-driven climate hazard assessment tool being developed by The New School’s Urban Systems Lab and partners with support from Google.org. Learn more about how ClimateIQ uses advanced approaches to climate modeling and machine learning to identify areas most at risk, and hear from Google.org representatives about their support for projects that accelerate technological advances in climate information and action.
The session will conclude with an interactive user research workshop inviting participants to share their insights with climate hazard tools and threats to ensure ClimateIQ’s accessibility and usefulness in NYC and beyond. Join us afterwards for a reception with light refreshments, and an opportunity to network with others working to improve climate resilience in cities worldwide.
Learn more about ClimateIQ at https://climateiq.org/Â
Presented by the The New School's Urban Systems Lab in collaboration with the Urban Design Forum, and support from Google.org
Event Schedule
3pm EST | Welcome and Introduction
Opening remarks
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3:05 pm EST | Panel Discussion
Jessica Colon, Deputy Director for Environmental Justice, NYC Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice
Somto Uyanna, Urban Design Forum Fellow, EIT, ENV SP, Senior Consultant | Cities
Andrew Buck, Urban Design Forum Fellow, AICP, ENV SP, Senior Urban Planner/Technologist
3:30pm EST | ClimateIQ Presentation
Explore how ClimateIQ harnesses machine learning to pioneer the next generation of climate modeling
4pm EST | Interactive Workshop: Co-producing a Climate Hazard Tool for Diverse Users
Hands-on exploration of the ClimateIQ prototype
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4:50-5:00pm EST | Closing Remarks
5:00-6:30pm EST | Networking Reception
Join us for light refreshments in The New School University Center Events Cafe
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For more information, please contact urbansystemslab@newschool.eduÂ
This event is part of NYC Climate Week 2024.
New School students seeking accommodations should contact the Student Disability Services office at studentdisability@newschool.edu.
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Event guests seeking accommodations may contact the event organizer by clicking the "Contact the Organizer" link at the bottom of this page.
The NYC Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice works to ensure that New York City is prepared to withstand and emerge stronger from the impacts of climate change; mitigate its greenhouse gas emissions; and address needed remediation and environmental coordination efforts from an equity and public health perspective.
Somto Uyanna is a Senior Consultant with Buro Happold's Advisory Group and works with clients to deliver climate resilient solutions for the built environment. Her range of interests and experience includes sustainable water infrastructure, nature-based solutions, environmental justice, and climate vulnerability assessment and resilience planning. Having grown up in Lagos (Nigeria), Somto is driven by a desire to improve quality of life through the physical environment.
Somto earned her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and Master of Science in Environmental Engineering with a focus on water resources and climate risks at Columbia University. Somto is a Fellow of the Urban Design Forum in New York City.
Andrew Buck’s decade-long career in urban planning and design has focused on utilizing technology to tackle complex urban challenges. His expertise lies in deploying technologies, including data, model based design, and geospatial analytics, in community and climate planning. Drawing on experience in Asia and North America, Andrew has led projects including climate action and adaptation, smart communities, infrastructure modernization, and neighborhood development.
Timon McPhearson is a project lead for ClimateIQ, director of the Urban Systems Lab and professor of urban ecology at The New School. He investigates the ecology in, of, and for cities and teaches urban resilience, systems thinking, and urban ecology. He is a member of the IPCC and lead author for the urban systems chapter, and a member of the NYC Panel on Climate Change (NPCC).
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