AskScience AMA Series: We are climate finance experts from the University of Maryland. We work across climate science, finance and public policy to prepare our partners to plan for and respond to the opportunities and risks of a changing climate. Ask us your questions!

Hi Reddit! We are climate finance experts representing UMD's College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences and the Smith School of Business.

Tim Canty is an associate professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at the University of Maryland and is also the director of the University System of Maryland's Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences graduate program. His research focuses broadly on understanding atmospheric composition and physics in relation to stratospheric ozone, climate change and air quality. He also works closely with policymakers to make sure the best available science is used to develop effective pollution control strategies.

Tim received his Ph.D. in physics in 2002 from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. After that, he was a postdoctoral scholar at Caltech working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a lecturer at UCLA.

Cliff Rossi is Professor-of-the-Practice, Director of the Smith Enterprise Risk Consortium and Executive-in-Residence at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. Prior to entering academia, Dr. Rossi had nearly 25 years of risk management experience in banking and government, having held senior executive roles at several of the largest financial services companies. He is a well-established expert in risk management with particular interests in financial risk management, climate risk, supply chain and health and safety risk issues.

We'll be on from 1 to 3 p.m. ET (17-19 UT) - ask us anything!

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