Hawai'i Vulnerability Assessment & Scenario Planning Workshop

Natural and cultural resource managers today are faced with many challenges, including an uncertain but changing climate. This is the first of two workshops that will focus on the island of Hawai'i as part of the Hawaiian Islands Climate Synthesis Project. It will use expert input to assess the vulnerability of key natural and cultural resources to climate change, and develop a common understanding of the range of possible future climate conditions and what those changes could mean for resources.

1. Provide participants with baseline knowledge and understanding of climate trends (current, historic, projected future) for the island of Hawai'i.
2. Assess vulnerabilities of habitats and ecosystem services to climate change including sensitivity, exposure, and adaptive capacity.
3. Review and select associated climate drivers important for habitats, and develop alternative future scenarios.
4. Discuss how alternative future scenarios could impact habitats.