Michael Simpson, Chair of the Department of Environmental Studies and Director of the Center for Climate Preparedness and Community Resilience will lead a session on Business Continuity in the Face of Extreme Weather Events. He will discuss how businesses can develop resilience and maintain operations through disruptive weather events. Michael will:

provide an introduction to the science of climate change with a focus on impacts in the northeast
discuss the principles and practices of business continuity
engage students in exploratory discussions of specific business cases
The mission of the Center for Climate Preparedness and Community Resilience is to strengthen communities to prepare, respond and recover in the face of climate impacts and other disruptions through collaborative, innovative solutions. Antioch’s Center for Climate Preparedness and Community Resilience delivers applied research, consulting, and education and training. Our approach is solutions oriented, pragmatic, participatory, and inclusive and is based on change leadership best practices and systems thinking. We focus on stakeholder capacity building at the local scale (watershed, municipal, county, region) of preparedness and resilience nationally and internationally, with an explicit awareness of social and climate justice.