Three Town of Orleans citizen advisory committees and several nonprofits will host a program in the Craine Room on the impact of climate change on marine water and freshwater. According to the United Nations, “Water and climate change are inextricably linked. Climate change affects the world’s water in complex ways. From unpredictable rainfall patterns to shrinking ice sheets, rising sea levels, floods and droughts – most impacts of climate change come down to water.” The program may be attended in person or via Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85682954829 ID: 85682954829.
Program participants will learn about the following:
What is climate change?
What are the specific impacts of climate change on marine and freshwater in Orleans and on the Cape?
What is the Town of Orleans doing in response?
What should you be doing as an individual?
Speakers include Rich Delaney (Executive Director of the Center for Coastal Studies), Katie Castagno (Director of the Land-Sea Interaction Program of the Center for Coastal Studies) and Mark Reil (Assistant Town Manager, Town of Orleans). Shelly McComb, Coastal Resilience Specialist of the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Sea Grant, will moderate the program.
Admission is free and all are welcome. Organized by the Orleans Marine and Fresh Water Quality Advisory Committee. Co-sponsors include the Orleans Shellfish and Waterways Improvement Advisory Committee, the Orleans Energy and Climate Action Committee, the Orleans Pond Coalition, the Orleans Conservation Trust, and the Orleans Climate Action Network.
