Climate change is a long-term problem that mankind will have to confront. For the impacts caused by climate change, particularly extreme weather and climate events, how to accurately monitor extreme climate events and disasters, monitor and evaluate disaster processes in real time, and provide strong data and scientific support for climate change response and disaster prevention and control has become a major scientific question that must be addressed urgently. The majority of existing research on relevant disaster indicators is limited by the lack of spatial data and multilevel analysis, making it difficult to form guidance and early warning for disaster risk reduction. Big data is conducive to reducing the uncertainty of research and evaluation results and can meet the urgent needs of scientific data to conduct climate change and disaster risk research with a high degree of synergy and integration. It can effectively monitor climate extremes and disasters on a large scale, mitigate climate change threats, and provide decision support for improving human adaptive capacity.
Co-Chairs: Prof. Jia Gensuo, Dr. Sara Venturini
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Speaker: Thelma Krug
Title/Affiliation: Doctor, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Brazil
Short Bio: Thelma Krug is a former senior researcher at the National Institute for Space Research.
Topic：The Role of Big Data for Environmental Policy Decisions
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Speaker: Sergey Semenov
Title/Affiliation: Scientific Director, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Short Bio: Sergey Semenov is Scientific Director and Chief Scientist of Yu.A Izrael Institute of Global Climate an Ecology (IGCE), Moscow, Russia.
Topic：The Role of Climate Data in the Impact and Risk Assessments
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Speaker: Virendra M. Tiwari
Title/Affiliation: Doctor, CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, India
Short Bio: Virendra M. Tiwari is Director of CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India.
Topic：Detecting Natural Hazards in Himalaya from Seismological Data
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Speaker: Zhang Peng
Title/Affiliation: Deputy Director, China Satellite Meteorology Center, China
Short Bio: Zhang Peng is the Deputy Director–General of National Satellite Meteorological Center (NSMC/CMA) of China Meteorological Administration, director of the Chinese meteorological polar-orbit-satellite FengYun 3 (FY-3) ground segment, chair of Global Space Inter-Calibration System (GSICS) executive panel, and Chief Director of Chinese TanSat satellite ground segment.
Topic：Monitoring Meteorological Disasters with FY Satellite Data
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Speaker: Navashni Govender
Title/Affiliation: Senior Manager, South African National Parks, South Africa
Short Bio: Navashni Govender is employed as a Senior Manager for Conservation Management in the Kruger National Park (KNP), South Africa.
Topic：South African National Parks Climate Actions and Consequences for Biodiversity Conservation
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Speaker: Paulo Artaxo
Title/Affiliation: Professor, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Short Bio: Paulo Artaxo is a professor of environmental physics at University of São Paulo Brazil.
Topic：Sustainable Development for Amazonia: Is It Possible?
