The Forum on Climate Linked Economics targets relationships that drive collaboration between scientists and practitioners. We are linking climate, the economy, and business operations. We are facilitating connections between leaders within the weather and climate communities and senior executives and managers from organizations focused on TCFD and other climate-linked business decisions that currently have little (or no) exposure to the scientific community. Follow us here for the ongoing thread and more stories on the way!!
The Denver Forum on Climate Linked Economics was part of the 11th Symposium on Weather Water and Climate Enterprise at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the AMS in Denver, January 8-12, 2023.
We led 10 different sessions including 24 speakers from submitted abstracts, invited panelists, and a keynote presentation from the American Bar Association!
We formed connections, including open-form discussions between our audience and the following invited speakers.
Mike Lyons: Managing Director & Partner for BCG (Energy, Climate, Digital)
Dr. Kieran Bhatia: Vice President of Climate Change Perils Advisory for Guy Carpenter
Billy Schmitz: Market Analyst for 5-Rivers Cattle
Dr. Bob Brammer: the Chair of the Cleantech and Climate Change Committee of the American Bar Association.
Jeff Massey: Weather Team Lead at Amazon
Matt Coleman: Chief Risk Officer for The Demex Group
Alicia Karspeck: Director of Earth Information Programs for SilverLining
Brian D’Agostino: Vice President of Wildfire and Climate Science for San Diego Gas & Electric
Joshua Hacker: Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer for Jupiter Intelligence
Steven Vanderburg: Manager of Meteorology for PacifiCorp
Nick Cavanaugh: Founder of Sensible
Stanton Lanham: Meteorologist for Duke Energy
Pat Harr: Science Fellow for Jupiter Intelligence
Ryan Lewis: Assistant Professor of Finance for the Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision-Making at the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder
Jon Davis: Chief Meteorologist for Everstream Analytics
Brad Hoggatt: Chief Portfolio Manager for MSI GuaranteedWeather
On behalf of the organizers and the AMS Financial Weather and Climate Risk Management Committee, I’d like to personally thank each one of these folks for volunteering their time and travel to kick off 2023's series of keynote speakers, panel discussions, and small-group meetings to network and grow the link between the meteorology/climate communities and the broader community of economists, corporate executives, risk managers, financial planners, insurance professionals, and technology leaders. THANK YOU!!