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What is Climate Camp?
Climate change is the most pressing environmental challenge we have ever faced. Addressing the causes of climate change (mitigation) may be daunting but everyone knows what it will entail. Yet in most cases people are uncertain about how to respond to or prepare for the effects of climate change (adaptation).
Climate Camp is a five day program to help conservation practioners, resource managers and others grappling with what to do about climate change develop a plan. Over the five days, Climate Campers will learn climate change basics, interact with experts and peers to develop project plans, and in the end share projects and develop resource networks to support your work forward in this field.
Day One: Learning
A full day plenary which offers a "Climate Change Primer", giving particpants an overiew of climate change science, policy, communications and adaptation/preparedness.
Days Two, Three and Four: Doing
These days are spent developing projects that test and implement adaptation strategies, support efforts on mitigation, or both. This is done in working groups based on common themes. Generally you will work with colleagues who are interested in common ecosystem or habitat types. This year, the habitat types that will be covered are:
- Temperate and Polar Marine
- Tropical Marine
- Freshwater
- Montane
- Mediterranean Scrublands / Grasslands
- Temperate Forest
- Tropical Forest
Day Five: Sharing
Participants from the various working groups will be given the opportunity to present their projects to fellow campers, as well as to funders, who will also be in attendance at climate camp. Ideally this means that some projects will not only be designed at Climate Camp but can leave with funding for implementation.