Christian Kamrath

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT CHRISTIAN KAMRATH

Over the past 15 years, I have gained personal lived, academic and applied work experience in a number of realms at various levels of community/government including: geographic information systems (GIS), meteorology and climatology, tropical cyclones, emergency management, climate change communication, drinking water and wastewater utility disaster resilience, environmental and land use planning, climate change and sea level rise adaptation, hazard mitigation, long-term disaster recovery planning, and coastal zone management and resilience.I believe that the stories and history of the local people and environment along with sound scientific data are key to unlocking potential solutions to the many emerging issues associated with a changing climate and growing (and sometimes shrinking) population. Finding synergistic partnerships, communication strategies and policy solutions are key to reducing risk and advancing equity goals in any community. My interest in the climate adaptation and resilience planning field began with a fascination and curiosity with physical geography and natural hazards, in particular, extreme meteorological and climate events. I began learning and asking about how society at different scales prepares for, responds to, recovers from and mitigates against natural hazards, including those exacerbated by climate change. I discovered that so many of the key decisions get made at the local government or community level and are greatly influenced and facilitated by professionals in the community and land use planning world. After witnessing billion-dollar disaster after disaster in the U.S. and around the world and coming to terms with the exponential rate at which risks were growing and expected to grow, I committed myself to a career in climate adaptation and community resilience planning. I aim to gain a deep and nuanced understanding of the root causes of these growing natural hazard risks, practice developing and implementing policies and programs that center on justice and equitable outcomes, and become an expert dot-connector between people of various backgrounds, education, training, culture and experience who care about their communities\' future. I hope to focus my career on the transformational opportunities that are found at the intersection of climate adaptation, urban, culture, and community change, disaster recovery, and regenerative community action.Profile Picture Credit: Instagram:@fromkbwithlove / Facebook: Kristelle Boulos Photography