Cooperative Extension professionals gathered to discuss how the Extension system can quickly and effectively contribute to climate change solutions.

More than 40 Cooperative Extension professionals from across the U.S. and outlying territories gathered recently in Tucson, Arizona, for Cooperative Extension's first national Climate Action Convening.

Individuals from land-grant institutions met with USDA leaders to discuss how the Extension system can quickly and effectively contribute to climate change solutions. 

The event was hosted by the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy's Climate Program Action Team.

“Using insights gathered at the Climate Action Convening, Extension Foundation and collaborators will co-create a series of logic models,” wrote Rose Hayden-Smith, UCCE advisor emeritus and Extension Foundation's chief editor. “These logic models will be incorporated into a white paper about the outcomes Extension believes it is best positioned to achieve through active and new climate programs, projects, and resources. The anticipated release date for the white paper is Spring 2024.”

Tapan Pathak, UC Cooperative Extension climate adaptation specialist based at UC Merced, and Sarah-Mae Nelson, UC Climate Stewards Initiative academic coordinator, participated.

Read more about the Climate Action Convening at https://connect.extension.org/blog/extension-professionals-unite-at-historic-climate-action-convening.