ED31C:
Climate Literacy: Increasing the Collective Impact of Climate Literacy Efforts through Networks and Partnerships I

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Session ID#: 16542

Session Description:
Climate change is impacting many aspects of society. In order to address these impacts, coordinated large-scale efforts and effective partnerships are needed to equip citizens, professionals, and other decision-makers with the scientific underpinning necessary to make informed decisions for society.  However, given its complexity and scale, achieving collective impact on climate literacy requires coordinated contributions from the sciences, social sciences, humanities, arts, and society. Across the country, organizations are beginning to see the power of collaboration and reaching across traditional disciplinary and interdisciplinary boundaries to be truly transdisciplinary. We invite presentations related to the development, implementation, challenges, and opportunities of partnerships and/or networks that work towards enabling collective impact on climate literacy. Of particular interest are efforts that bridge audiences, topics, or regions not traditionally connected. However, contributions for all effective partnerships, networks, and efforts related to collective impact to enhance climate literacy are welcome.
Primary Convener:  Tamara S Ledley, Technical Education Research Centers, Cambridge, MA, United States
Conveners:  Frank Niepold III, NOAA Washington DC, Climate Program Office, Washington, United States and Oksana Shcherba, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, San Francisco, CA, United States
Chairs:  Oksana Shcherba, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, San Francisco, CA, United States and Frank Niepold III, NOAA Washington DC, Climate Program Office, Washington, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Tamara S Ledley, Technical Education Research Centers, Cambridge, MA, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • PA - Public Affairs
Index Terms:

0855 Diversity [EDUCATION]
1699 General or miscellaneous [GLOBAL CHANGE]
6349 General or miscellaneous [POLICY SCIENCES]
6699 General or miscellaneous [PUBLIC ISSUES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Collaborating at a Regional Scale for Climate Literacy and Action (Invited) (132084)
Catherine Carlton1,2 and Oksana Shcherba2, (1)Institute at the Golden Gate, Sausalito, CA, United States, (2)Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, San Francisco, CA, United States
The Power of Large Scale Partnerships to Increase Climate Awareness and Literacy Around the World (196588)
Tony Murphy, The GLOBE Program/UCAR, Boulder, CO, United States, Travis Jay Andersen, GLOBE Program, Boulder, CO, United States and Kristin Wegner, GLOBE Program, The GLOBE Implementation Office, Boulder, CO, United States
How the Pacific Islands Climate Education Partnership (PCEP) Has Collaboratively Increased Regional Collective Impacts on Climate Literacy Via Networks of Diverse Stakeholders Engaging in Multiple Reinforcing Activities (127331)
Art Sussman, WestEd, San Francisco, CA, United States
Development and nationwide scale-up of Climate Matters, a localized climate change education program delivered by TV weathercasters. (126084)
Heidi M Cullen, Climate Central, Princeton, NJ, United States and Edward Maibach, George Mason University Fairfax, Center for Climate Change Communication, Fairfax, VA, United States
Animating the Discussion about Climate Change (Invited) (125271)
Adam Ratner, The Marine Mammal Center, Education Department, Sausalito, CA, United States
A CLEAN Network Initiative – Accelerating Transition to Post Carbon and Resilient Communities through Education and Engagement (138622)
Tamara S Ledley, Technical Education Research Centers, Cambridge, MA, United States, Frank Niepold III, NOAA Washington DC, Climate Program Office, Washington, United States, Johanna Bozuwa, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, Anita Davis, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, John Fraser, New Knowledge Organization, LLC, New York, United States, Jen Kretser, The Wild Center, Tupper Lake, United States, Kristen L I Poppleton, Climate Generation, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Leah Qusba, Alliance for Climate Education, Oakland, CA, United States, Karena Ruggiero, Earth Day Network, Washington DC, DC, United States, William Spitzer, New England Aquarium, Boston, MA, United States and Cathlyn M Davis, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD, United States

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