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SUMMARY:Global Development Lab Annual Lecture with Professor Celeste Saulo
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nUPDATE 03.03 – Joining Instructions\nONLINE – For tho
 se joining online\, if you have not received the link via email – please
  join the stream using this link. It will start at 15.00 GMT – https://y
 outube.com/live/7zqdiYGi9M4\nIN-PERSON – For those joining in person\, t
 he event will be held in Queens Tower Rooms\, Level 1 Sherfield Building\,
  South Kensington Campus. Please arrive no earlier than 14.45 to check-in.
  A map of the campus can be found here: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/visit/c
 ampuses/south-kensington/\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*************\n\nFrom Science to De
 cisions: Weather and Climate Intelligence as Strategic Infrastructure\nGlo
 bal Development Lab Annual Lecture with Guest Speaker Professor Celeste Sa
 ulo\n\nProfessor Celeste Saulo\, Secretary-General of the World Meteorolog
 ical Organization will give the Global Development Annual Lecture in 2026.
 \n\n\nDate: Tuesday 3 March\nTime: 15.00\nLocation: Queens Tower Rooms\, I
 mperial College London\, South Kensington Campus\, SW7 2AZ  / online\nExt
 reme weather and climate-related hazards are reshaping development pathway
 s\, disrupting economies\, and testing the capacity of institutions to pro
 tect lives and livelihoods. At the same time\, scientific understanding an
 d predictive capabilities have advanced rapidly\, offering unprecedented o
 pportunities to anticipate risk. \nIn this lecture\, WMO Secretary-Genera
 l Prof. Celeste Saulo will examine how advances in Earth observation\, dat
 a integration\, and forecasting have transformed hazard anticipation\, and
  why uneven capacity to use this information strategically leads to unequa
 l outcomes. Through selected examples\, she will show how heat\, floods\, 
 storms\, and droughts trigger cascading impacts: from food and water stres
 s and health risks to disrupted supply chains\, productivity losses\, and 
 setbacks to development. \nThis gap between scientific capability and its
  effective use underpins the resilience divide. Some societies act on risk
  before it materializes\; others absorb losses not for lack of science\, b
 ut for lack of capacity to use it. Drawing on the work of the World Meteor
 ological Organization and initiatives such as Early Warnings for All\, the
  lecture will highlight the practical bridges needed to convert science in
 to scalable public value: strong national meteorological and hydrological 
 services\, end-to-end early warning systems\, last-mile communication\, an
 d partnerships that align innovation\, policy\, and delivery. \nThe lectu
 re will argue that equitable access to actionable weather and climate inte
 lligence is not a technical luxury but strategic infrastructure: essential
  for risk management\, sustainable development\, and resilience in an incr
 easingly volatile world.\n*******\nAgenda:\n\n14.50- Arrival and registrat
 ion\n15.05- Opening remarks\n15.10-15.50- Guest Lecture delivered by Prof.
  Saulo\n15.50-16.10- Audience Q&A\n\n\n*******\nProfessor Celeste Saulo wa
 s appointed Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WM
 O) by the Nineteenth World Meteorological Congress (Cg-19)\, held in 2023.
  She is the first female as well as the first South American Secretary-Gen
 eral. Her four-year term began on 1 January 2024. Prior to this\, she serv
 ed as the Director of the National Meteorological Service of Argentina sin
 ce 2014 and was the First Vice-President of the WMO.\n*******\nAdditional 
 information:\nThis event will hybrid. Those who register for the online st
 ream will receive the link before the event. If you do not have an Imperia
 l College London account\, you will need to create an account before regis
 tering for the event. If you have any issues\, please contact f.skillicorn
 @imperial.ac.uk and we can make a note of your registration.
URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/205408/global-development-lab-annual-
 lecture-with-professor-celeste-saulo/
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LOCATION:Queens Tower Rooms\, Sherfield Building\, South Kensington Campus\
 , Imperial College London\, London\, SW7 2AZ\, United Kingdom
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