SALISBURY — Vermont State Climatologist Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux will give a presentation entitled Exploring Climate Change in Vermont through the Lenses of Vulnerability and Inclusion on Thursday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. In the talk, sponsored by the Salisbury Conservation Commission, Dupigny-Giroux will discuss her research and teaching about climate change concepts and response strategies, emphasizing human and geographic vulnerabilities. Her presentation will be at the Salisbury Meeting House at 853 Maple Street.

Dupigny-Giroux is a Distinguished Professor of Climatology in the Department of Geography & Geosciences, the Vermont State Climatologist since 1997, and the President of the American Association of State Climatologists from 2020-2022. In 2020, she was appointed by the Vermont House of Representatives to the Vermont Climate Council as the member with expertise in climate change science.

Dupigny-Giroux teaches courses in climatology, physical geography, and remote sensing. Many of her courses are Service-Learning collaborations with municipalities across the state, State of Vermont Agencies and Federal entities such as NOAA. She holds a B.Sc. in Physical Geography and Development Studies from the University of Toronto (1989), an M.Sc.(1992) in Climatology and Hydrology, and a Ph.D. (1996) in Climatology and Geographic Information Systems from McGill University. She is an expert in floods, droughts, and severe weather and the ways in which these affect the landscape and peoples of Vermont and the U.S. Northeast.

She has contributed to all five National Climate Assessments, serving as the lead author for the Northeast Chapter of the 2018 Fourth National Climate Assessment of the U.S. Global Change Research Program.

This presentation is part of the Salisbury Conservation Commission’s Thursday Presentation Series. All presentations are free and open to the public. They generally last about one hour with time for questions afterward.