Five members of the American Association of Geographers were invited to speak at the 5th International Hurricane and Climate Change Summit held in Chania, Greece June 9-14. Co-organised by the Climate Specialty Group Chair, Dr. Jennifer Collins, the following AAG members presented their research on paleo-tempestology, hurricane intensities and tropical cyclone risk assessments: Dr. Kelsey Ellis, Dr. Harry Williams, Dr. Jennifer Collins, Dr. Mark Welford and Dr. Jerry Jien (Photo 1).

Over the past several years the topic of hurricanes and climate change has received considerable attention by scientists, the insurance industry, and the media. The summit brought together leading academics and researchers on various sides of the debate and from all over the world to discuss new research and express opinions about what is happening and what might happen in the future with regard to regional and global hurricane (tropical cyclone) activity. The goals of the summit were to address what research is needed to advance the science of hurricane climate and to provide a venue for encouraging a lively, spirited, and sustained exchange of ideas. Thus leading scientists from around the world presented their latest research and participated in discussions on this topic.