Virtual Presentation: Sea Ice and Climate Change Featuring Professor Cecilia Bitz
Kick off PNW Climate Week 2026 with groundbreaking climate science! Join UW College of the Environment for a high‑energy, fully virtual talk and Q&A with Professor Cecilia Bitz, the Jerome M. Paros Endowed Chair in Atmospheric and Climate Hazard Research.
Sea ice, a bedrock of Arctic communities and the bellwether of climate change, is under threat — but new research is providing a way forward.
Professor Bitz is one of the world’s go‑to experts on Arctic climate change. She digs deep into how melting sea ice reshapes global systems, and builds the models that help us predict what’s coming next. As an NSF and NOAA‑funded researcher, she’s pushing the science that policymakers rely on, including briefing the U.S. Senate on Arctic risks. Her work sits at the front line of climate action.
Monday, July 13, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Virtual.
For more info visit luma.com. Building Community Resilience: Panel discussion and networking
Join us for an engaging and thought-provoking event exploring how communities are building resilience in the face of growing water challenges.
All are welcome to connect, learn, and participate in a dynamic program featuring networking, storytelling, and an interactive panel discussion.
Hear from leading voices in climate science, conservation, resilience planning, and technology as they share real-world experiences and insights. Together we’ll explore what’s working, what we’re learning, and how collaborative partnerships with communities, across the Pacific Northwest and beyond, are driving sustainable, water-smart resilience.
Agenda
5:30-6:00 Doors open and mingling
6:00-7:00 Panel discussionSusan Dickerson-Lange, Director of UW's Climate Impacts Group, Marla Smith-Nilson, Founder and Executive Director at Water1st International, Kari Vigerstol, Senior Advisor for Water Scarcity and Resilience, The Nature Conservancy, Jessica Farrington, Senior Climate Resilience Planner, Black and Veatch, …
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: cig@uw.edu. Event Types: Conferences. Special Events.
Wednesday, July 15, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Geocaching HQ
837 N 34th St #300
Seattle, WA 98103.
For more info visit luma.com. Wildfire in the West: Learning from the Past, Navigating the Future
With another wildfire season in full swing, this webinar will highlight past trends and future expectations of wildfire in the western US with an emphasis on the Pacific Northwest. In the last few decades, the west has experienced longer fire seasons with more area burned by more severe wildfires. Wildfires appear to be spreading faster and creating more destruction with significant consequences to people and communities. Yet at the same time, we live intermixed with species and ecosystems that depend on fire to survive and thrive. The removal of fire from these ecosystems is the root cause of the wildfire crisis facing the west today. This webinar will discuss the confounding causes of the wildfire crisis and how climate change adds fuel to the crisis.
Dr. Crystal Raymond is the Deputy Director of Policy and Management for the Western Fire and Forest Resilience Collaborative. Crystal’s role with the Collaborative is to connect science with the needs of fire and land managers. For 15 years, Crystal has work…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: cig@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, September 1, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Online (Zoom).
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. Northwest Preparedness and Resilience Conference
The Northwest Preparedness and Resilience Conference brings together an interdisciplinary group of regional practitioners, researchers and other partners working across a range of disaster-related fields. We are looking forward to engaging with our partners across the region and strive towards bridging the gap between practice and research.
Where: University of Washington Campus, Seattle, WA
When: September 16-17, 2026, with optional pre- and post-conference programming
Registration is now open:
Registration for this year’s conference is now live. Please visit our registration site to secure your spot. Registration will close July 31st, 2026. Secure your spot today!
Registration discount codes are available for select groups while supplies last.
Event interval: Ongoing event. Accessibility Contact: cdrc-conference@uw.edu. Event Types: Conferences.
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 – Thursday, September 17, 2026.
University of Washington Campus, Seattle.
For more info visit cdrc.uw.edu. Nature and Health Fall Community Dinner
Our quarterly community dinners welcome anyone with a curiosity about expanding access to green space to support health and well-being, environmental and health equity, people-nature reciprocity, and climate change resilience. Students, professionals, and community members from many different disciplines come together to explore new ideas, discuss policies and programs, and strengthen partnerships in the field of nature and health.
The September 22 dinner features a talk from Amy Wagenfeld, PhD and Daniel Winterbottom, RLA, FASLA. Amy and Daniel will talk about their latest book, Therapeutic Gardens: Design for Healing Spaces second edition.
Nature and Health Community Dinners include:A plant-based dinner, Drinks, Networking, Short talks from a wide variety of professionals, including researchers, community leaders, policy-makers, program managers, etc.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: natureandhealth@uw.edu. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Lectures/Seminars. Special Events.
Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
For more info visit events.uw.edu.