Extension Climate & Extreme Weather Programming: Successes, Challenges & Opportunities – Report

Extension Climate and Extreme Weather Programming Successes Challenges and Opportunities

Publication Description

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recommends rapid implementation of climate adaptation and mitigation programs to reduce the chance of increasingly catastrophic climate change impacts. Cooperative Extension is one outlet for rapid program implementation. This report – generated by a multi-state team in response to an Extension Foundation RFP – contains a national inventory of CES programs and practices in the area of climate and extreme weather and offers insight for Extension educators and upper administration regarding successes, challenges, and gaps in C/EW programming. Programs included align with Project Drawdown, other frameworks, and generally accepted conservation practices.

Land-Grant Institution

Montana State University, University of Florida, Utah State University

Author(s) (NAME, EMAIL, INSTITUTION)

Jennison Kipp, mjkipp@ufl.edu, University of Florida

Sarah Klain, sarah.klain@usu.edu, Utah State University

Paul Lachapelle, paul.lachapelle@montana.edu, Montana State University

Roslynn McCann, roslynn.mccann@usu.edu, Utah State University

Maria Dozier, University of Florida

Dakoeta Pinto, Utah State University

Publication Audience

Cooperative Extension

Publication Type

Content Publication

Publication Date

November 17, 2020

Copyright

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USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture

This website is supported in part by New Technologies for Ag Extension (funding opportunity no. USDA-NIFA-OP-010186), grant no. 2023-41595-41325 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or the Extension Foundation.

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