Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Hazards

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McGowan MG102
McGowan Building
411 Pacific St
Monterey, CA 93940
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Free
Open to the Public

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Melis Okter in what must be the best headshot ever, because not only is she looking bright and smiling, but she has the cutest ever doggie in her yellow backpack, and she is standing with the crystal blue waters of a mountain lake behind her.
Melis Miura Ökter, West Coast Technical Assistance Specialist, NOAA Office for Coastal Management           

Green infrastructure or nature-based solutions can contribute to reducing the impacts of hazards and building resilience.

Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Hazards
Speaker: Melis Miura Ökter, West Coast Technical Assistance Specialist, NOAA Office for Coastal Management      
Monday, December 9, 2024
6:00pm to 7:30pm
In-person event
McGowan Building, Room 102
411 Pacific Street, Monterey, CA 93940

About the Topic

The discussion will focus on how green infrastructure or nature-based solutions can contribute to reducing the impacts of hazards and building resilience. I will touch on considerations for choosing and planning green or natural infrastructure projects, including hazard reduction benefits and co-benefits, while also considering how to identify and assess approaches for successful and equitable implementation.

About the Speaker

TBD

Recommended Reading/Viewing

Event Location: McGowan Building, Room 102

The McGowan Building is located at 411 Pacific Street, Monterey, CA, 93940, on the campus of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. Attendees should enter through the glass doors from Pacific Street, and the MG102 is located inside to the right. View the campus map.

No Zoom this fall, but most lectures recorded

This fall, all classes are back 100% in-person, and our lecture series has followed suit. Zoom will not be an option for public participation, but in-person attendees are certainly welcome.  Can’t make it in person?  No problem!  Most lectures will be recorded (as permitted by our speakers) and the videos uploaded to the CBE YouTube, with a link added to each event announcement as it becomes available. 

Parking

Parking is available in any Middlebury Institute campus lot after 5 p.m., no parking permit required, no fee.  View the campus map. (be sure to not confuse city lots with campus lots—city lots do charge a fee).   Free parking is also available on the street (time limits on surrounding streets end at 6 p.m.).

Questions

Contact Rachel Christopherson at the Center for the Blue Economy at cbe@miis.edu or (831) 647-4183.

Gratitude to Our Sponsors

We thank the Loker Hicks Foundation and the Nancy Eccles and Homer M. Hayward Family Foundation our sponsors.  

About the Host

The Center for the Blue Economy is a research center at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, that provides economic and policy analysis to support the development of a robust and equitable blue economy for the 21st century. The Center uses the World Bank’s definition of the Blue Economy: the sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods and jobs, and ocean ecosystem health.   We must maintain ocean health to maintain human health, economic health, and the health of the planet.  Climate change is linked, inextricably, to a healthy ocean.  We are co-leading a movement for Ocean Climate Action Now.    Consider joining our Center for the Blue Economy Newsletter List (3-4x per year by email).

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