Tuesday, November 23 (10a m AKST)
ACCAP – Building Healthy and Thriving Alaskan Communities, Econom
ies, and Ecosystems in a Changing Climate
Sarah Trainor, Nath
an Kettle, John Walsh, Adelheid Herrmann, Rick Thoman, Margaret Rudolf, Dan
ielle Meeker (Alaska Center for Climate Assessment & Policy)
ACCAP’s portfolio of interwoven res earch and engagement in Alaska supports the underlying vision of building h ealthy and thriving Alaskan communities. Core themes include extreme events and impacts and capacity building in support of Tribal resilience. In the extreme events work, the team will use an integrated approach that brings t ogether social science, climate science, and local expertise to: a) documen t socio-economic impacts of extreme climate and weather events in Alaska; b ) engage practitioners to determine and meet information needs; and c) anal yze historical and projected changes in extreme event occurrences to inform policy and decision-making.
The work also aims to support Tribal resilience by: a) bridging commun ity-level climate adaptation planning and implementation with workforce and economic development; b) investigating and supporting boundary spanning an d knowledge co-production between Alaska Native communities and climate and related researchers; c) innovating evaluation methodology and elevating In digenous evaluation of climate-related knowledge co-production and climate adaptation. New outreach and engagement activities include assessment produ cts that encompass societal impacts and adaptation, training for students a nd postdoctoral fellows, online course development, and enhanced convening activities with a focus on serving the needs of policy-makers, Alaska Nativ e Peoples, tribes, and organizations throughout the state.
The next five years of ACCAP will include a sustained assessment specialist and small-grant competition, whic h like the core portfolio, aims to fulfill ACCAP’s vision of thriving Alask an communities, economies, and ecosystems.
This webinar will provide an overview of ACCAP’s p roposed activities for the next five years.
More information and registration below: https://uaf-accap.org/event/november2021-accap-overview/
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