Location & Dates:

For the Chicago Workshop, April 4 - 6, 2011

For the Bainbridge Island Workshop, April 19 - 21, 2011

More Infomation:

Workshop Goal: Provide analysis and training to help grantmakers achieve success in the face of climate change

Length: 1.5 days

Size: 10 to 30 participants per location

Background:

Environmental foundations aim to make the world a better place. Unfortunately, climate change can be a barrier to our success. The places we work and the topics we work on are all vulnerabilities to climate change in some manner. Yet, we may not have considered the potential impacts of climate change in our strategic planning, and even if we understand the possible implications of climate change for our philanthropic vision, we don’t always know what to do to make our grantmaking more resilient to climate change or how to redesign our strategies to adapt to a range of possible climate scenarios. Unfortunately failure to take these steps threatens our likelihood of success and reduces our efficacy.

EcoAdapt’s Awareness to Action (A2A) Program trains people from organizations and agencies around the world in how to develop and implement solutions to the challenges of climate change in their work. This Climate Camp for Funders will provide an opportunity for grantmakers to work together to explore the ways in which philanthropic missions and conservation strategies are vulnerable to climate change, to learn how to integrate climate variability into foundation visioning and planning, and to design new approaches to grantmaking that are more likely to be successful as our climate transforms. From here on out, being cognizant of climate change in the decisions we make is both fiscally and programmatically prudent.

Useful Reading:

Glick, P., Stein, B. A., & Edelson, N. A. (Eds.). (2011). Scanning the conservation horizon: A guide to climate change vulnerability assessment. Washington, DC: National Wildlife Federation. Cooney C. M. (2011). Preparing a people: Climate change and public health. Environ Health Perspect 119(4), a166-a171. DOI: 10.1289/ehp.119-a166   * Articled shared by Meaghan CalcariEcoAdapt’s Adaptation ABCsHansen, L., Hoffman, J., Drews, C., & Mielbrecht, E. (2010). Designing climate-smart conservation: Guidance and case studies. Conservation Biology 24(1), 63-69. DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01404.x. Hansen, L. J. & J. R. Hoffman. (2010). Climate savvy: Adapting conservation and resource management to a changing world. Washington DC: Island Press.Clancy, M., Logan, I., Lowe, J., Johannessen, J., MacLennan, A., Van Cleve, F. B., Dillon, J., Lyons, B., Carman, R., Cereghino, P., Barnard, B., Tanner, C., Myers, D., Clark, R., White, J., Simenstad, C. A., Gilmer, M., & Chin, N. (2009). Management measures for protecting the Puget Sound Nearshore (Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project Report No. 2009-01). Olympia, Washington: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.    *Document Dr. Hoffman referred to her in presentation is found in appendix BPeterson, Cummings G. S., & Carpenter, S. R. (2003). Scenario planning: A tool for conservation in an conservation in an uncertain world. Conservation Biology 17(2): 358-366. Trulio, L. (2007). Adaptive management plan for the South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration Project. NOAA Regional Integrated Science and Assessment (RISA): Find the one in the region you care about and explore the information they are already providing on climate change at http://www.climate.noaa.gov/cpo_pa/risa/.Schwartz, P. (1991). The Art of the long view: Planning for the future in an uncertain world. New York: Doubleday.  * Book mentioned by George Bo-LinClimate change and contaminants:Schiedek, D., B. Sundelin, J.W. Readman and R.W. Macdonald, 2007. Interactions between climate change and contaminants. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 54:1845-1856. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.09.020.Blais JM, Macdonald RW, Mackay D, Webster E, Harvey C, Smol JP, 2007. Biologically mediated transport of contaminants to aquatic systems. Environmental Science and Technology. 41:1075-1084.Brander, K., 2008. Tackling the old familiar problems of pollution, habitat alteration and overfishing will help with adapting to climate change. Marine Pollution Bulletin 56, 1957–1958.Couillard CM, Courtenay SC and RW Macdonald. 2008. Interactions between toxic chemicals and other environmental factors affecting the risk of impacts on aquatic organisms: A review with a Canadian perspective - Interactions affecting vulnerability. Environmental Reviews. 16:19-44. (doi:101139/A07-008). If you have any questions or need any additional information contact Jessica Hitt, CAKE Content Editor.