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Explore our Conservation Calendar for information on conservation-related events and trainings hosted across Wisconsin and beyond.
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Dr. Mike Hoffmann, will give a presentation based on his new book, "Our Changing Menu: Climate Change and the Foods We Love and Need," and the companion website. Written by Hoffmann and Carrie Koplinka-Loehr and Danielle L. Eiseman, the authors “offer an eye-opening journey through a complete menu of before-dinner drinks and salads; main courses […]
Please join for a panel discussion on ways that state and local governments can work together to address climate change. The panel will feature these speakers: Kathy Kuntz, Director, Dane County Office of Energy & Climate Change Jessica Price, Madison Sustainability & Resilience Manager Maria Redmond, Director, Wisconsin Office of Sustainability & Clean Energy Info […]
Forest Management for Climate Change Mitigation in New York Land management offers the potential for climate change mitigation through sequestration of carbon, especially in the forest sector. This webinar will explain and evaluate key aspects of this potential with a focus on New York State. The webinar will cover such topics as: carbon stocks in […]
The Climate Change Coalition of Door County will host a panel discussion with four area farmers to speak about their conservation farming efforts and the ways they're building resiliency. Info here.
The Wisconsin Academy is pleased to present our first lunch-hour Climate & Energy talk of 2022, "Smart Climate Communications in Complicated Times," with speaker Jane Elder. Elder, the former executive director of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters and long-time advocate for strategic approaches to environmental communications, will discuss insights from Yale's “Six Americas […]
The National Climate Assessment is a Congressionally mandated quadrennial report led by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). The report evaluates how climate change affects people and places in the United States. To inform development of the fifth National Climate Assessment, USGCRP and the author teams will be hosting a series of virtual public […]
Join us as speakers Dianne Brakarsh, Russ Bennett, and John Greenler discuss 350 Madison Arts Collective. 350 Madison climate change activists find that bringing art and live dance into their communications can significantly increase turnout and engagement. This is true with issues ranging from stopping tar-sands oil pipelines, to raising awareness on how the fossil fuel industry is […]
The Northeastern United States (NEUS) and the adjacent Northwest Atlantic Shelf (NWS) have emerged as warming hotspots, but the connection between them has remained unexplored. Here we use observational datasets to disuse the role of oceanic and atmospheric processes in driving rapid warming trends along the NEUS coast, test the fidelity of climate models to […]
Negative climate tipping points, with catastrophic consequences, are undeniably bearing down upon us. Pathways to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, are narrowing. Yet, researchers have also begun to identify cases where policy interventions can leverage tipping points to jumpstart positive changes. From electric vehicle markets to […]
Coastal communities increasingly realize the need for adaptation planning, but many are unsure where to begin. This interactive course is designed for coastal management practitioners who are just starting to address the challenges resulting from climate change. Participants will learn the foundational concepts of a five-step adaptation-planning process. Info here.
Lawmakers are increasingly recognizing the need to help local communities plan for the impacts of climate change — for example, flooding, strains on water infrastructure systems, and greater fluctuations in water levels in the Great Lakes region. This web session will explore some new policy opportunities for states to make coastal communities more climate-resilient. Info […]
Climate change has impacted and will continue to impact indigenous peoples, their lifeways and culture, and the natural world upon which they rely, in unpredictable and potentially devastating ways. Many climate adaptation planning tools fail to address the unique needs, values, and cultures of indigenous communities. This Tribal Climate Adaptation Menu, which was developed by […]
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