National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Building community and climate resilience with the USDA Climate Hubs

About the Talk The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Climate Hubs develop and deliver sciencebased information and technologies to natural resource and agriculture managers to support climate-informed decision making, reduce agricultural risk, and build climate resilience. The Climate Hubs co-produce information with farmers, ranchers, foresters, extension, and other trusted community partners to deliver actionable, credible, and timely climate information that is useful, usable, and used. Through listening, knowledge sharing, and convening, the Climate Hubs bring lessons learned back to USDA agencies and their partners, and complete a cycle of learning and improved preparedness which can enhance resilience and productivity. This presentation will also highlight opportunities to engage with the Climate Hubs including areas to further integrate carbon data products in existing tools, data gaps and needs of our communities of practices, and potential collaborations with the NASA CMS community.

About the Speaker Julian Reyes is the National Coordinator for the USDA Climate Hubs program. In this role, he provides connection and cohesion across the regional Hubs, integrates Climate Hub work across USDA agencies, coordinates with other climate networks, and engages with stakeholders. Prior, Julian was a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the U.S. Department of State in their climate change office. Julian was also a Climate Hub Fellow with the USDA Southwest Climate Hub where he spearheaded development of the AgRisk Viewer, a new platform to provide accessible and discoverable crop insurance loss data. Julian received his both B.S. and PhD in civil engineering from Washington State University. He was a Science Policy Fellow at the U.S. Global Change Research Program and a Fulbright Research Scholar in Germany.

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