LOGIN | FTP Home About Us Services Training Careers Contact « All Events 102ND AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS) ANNUAL MEETING JANUARY 23, 2022 - JANUARY 27, 2022 The theme of the 102nd AMS Annual Meeting is Environmental Security: weather, water and climate for a more secure world. Motivation for theme on Environmental Security We are seeing a growing influence of weather, water, and climate on the security of nations and their peoples due to a rapidly increasing global population (including a growing percentage that are migrating to coastal areas and/or away from areas of crises) coupled with evolving human and national security impacts from the disruption of weather and climate norms. The theme of Environmental Security will inform AMS members and meeting attendees on the connections between our scientific field and larger societal impacts, and it will demonstrate how important our contributions are to the basic security needs of the United States and the world, particularly for vulnerable groups. The 102nd Annual Meeting provides an opportunity to bring together world-class experts on extreme weather and climate with researchers in the fields of water quality/scarcity, energy, food, and health/diseases. This two-way exchange of expertise will inspire new insights into the linkages and impacts among these diverse scientific disciplines and illustrate how water, weather, and climate research can help shape policy to benefit all areas of environmental security. What is the definition of Environmental Security? While one can find similar definitions of Environmental Security that are slanted toward a particular perspective, for our AMS theme we will define it as “the security impacts of weather, water, and climate directly on people (i.e., human security) and on overall societies (i.e., national security).” Meeting organization around Environmental Security pillars Considering our definition of Environmental Security and the most relevant intersections with Earth system science, we will organize the Annual Meeting theme around five environmental security pillars, which often have several linkages and dependencies on one another: Extreme weather: national and human security impacts of extreme weather and climatic events. Energy security: environmental and security issues associated with ensuring uninterrupted availability of energy sources that are affordable, reliable, and accessible. Food security: environmental and security issues associated with the need for consistent physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets people’s dietary needs. Health security: environmental and security issues associated with minimizing “the danger and impact of acute public health events that endanger the collective health of populations living across geographical regions and international boundaries.” (WHO, n.d.: Health security. Accessed Apr. 7, 2020 from https://www.who.int/health-security/en/) Water security: environmental and security issues associated with a population’s capacity to safeguard sustainable access to adequate quantities of acceptable-quality water for sustenance of livelihoods, well-being, and socioeconomic development, and for protecting against threats from waterborne pollution and water-related disasters. + Google Calendar+ iCal Export DETAILS Start: January 23, 2022 End: January 27, 2022 https://annual.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/2022/ ORGANIZER American Meteorological Society (AMS) Phone: (617) 227-2425 Email: amsinfo@ametsoc.org View Organizer Website VENUE George R. Brown Convention Center 1001 Avenida de las Americas Houston, TX 77010 United States + Google Map Phone: (713) 853-8000 View Venue Website Groundwater Week River Restoration Northwest 2022 Symposium CONTACTS Brian T. Wahlin Tempe, AZ 85284 480-345-2155 David C. Curtis Folsom, CA 95630 916-932-7402 David Smith San Diego, CA 92127 858-487-9378 Ricardo E. Aguirre Red Rock, AZ 85145 619-865-4406 Hans R. Hadley Salem, OR 97302 503-485-5490 Jeffery A. Budnick Vancouver, WA 98685 360-571-2290 Raymond Walton Bellevue, WA 98005 425-646-8806 Ramesh Chintala Dallas, Texas 75019 214-932-3015 ASK US A QUESTION Copyright 2021 WEST Consultants, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Seattle Web Design by Bear Creek Web