Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Workshop - The Global Change Forum

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Email Sarah. Wiener with any questions. ([email protected]). ... Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Workshop. Hosted by the USDA
Greenhouse  Gas  Mitigation  Workshop   Agricultural  Solu-ons:  adap-ng  to  and  mi-ga-ng   climate  change  on  farms  and  forests  in  the  southeastern  US   When:  January  20-­‐21  2016   Where:  Virtual   Who:  NRCS  extension,  FSA,  RD,  FS   Field  Staff,  state  and  private   forestry,  Land  managers,  land   owners,  general  public How:  Register  at   serch.us/workshop.  Email  Sarah   Wiener  with  any  questions     ([email protected]).   About  the  Workshop:     • USDA  Regional  Climate  Hubs  focus  on  adaptation  to  and  mitigation  of  climate  change   on  agricultural  and  forest  lands   • This  virtual  Southeast  workshop  will  focus  on  adaptive  strategies  that  make  working   lands  more  resilient  to  an  increasingly  variable  climate,  while  at  the  same  time   mitigating  greenhouse  gas  emissions   • State  and  federal  programs  that  support  these  efforts  will  be  highlighted,  along  with   tools  for  improving  resilience  and  communication  methods    

Hosted  by  the  USDA  Southeast  Regional  Climate  Hub  

Agenda  

(subject  to  change)  

January  20   General  Session   8:30-­8:45     8:45-­9:30     9:30-­10:15     10:15-­10:30   10:30-­11:00   11:00-­11:45   11:45-­12:30   12:30-­1:15     1:15-­2:00       2:00-­2:45     2:45-­3:30    

 Steve  McNulty  –  Introduction  and  Workshop  Objectives    Pam  Knox  -­‐  Climate  Vulnerabilities  &  Forecasting  in  the  Southeast    Steve  McNulty  -­‐  Climate  Communication    Break    Bill  Hubbard  -­‐  Climate  Science  Learning  Network    Bill  Hohenstein  -­‐  Overview  of  USDA’s  Mitigation  Strategy    Lunch  Break    Sarah  Wiener  -­‐  Climate  Hubs  Tools  Demo    Richard  Straight  -­‐  Building  Carbon  and  Resilience  through      Agroforestry      Robert  Beach  –  The  Economics  of  Climate  Change  Mitigation  and    Adaptation    Richard  Birdsey  –  Current  Resources  for  Estimating  and  Maintaining  Forest  Carbon  

January  21   Agriculture  Session   8:30-­9:15     9:15-­10:00     10:00-­10:45 10:45-­11:00   11:00-­  11:45   11:45-­12:30     12:30-­1:00  

 Mark  Risse  -­‐  Mitigation  in  Livestock  and  Poultry  Systems    Laura  Lengnick  –  Ecosystem  Based  Management  Options    Steve  Musser  -­‐  USDA  Programs  for  Agricultural  Producers    Break      John  Lee  -­‐  Soil  Health    Mark  Easter  -­‐  Resources  for  Estimating  and  Maintaining  Carbon;    COMET    Lunch  Break  

Forestry  Session*   1:00-­1:45   1:45-­2:30     2:30-­3:15    

 John  King  -­‐  Forest  Stewardship    Emrys  Treasure  –  TACCIMO:  a  Tool  for  Assessing  Carbon  Bene_its  and    Trade-­‐offs    Bill  Hubbard  –  Overview  of  Forestry  Extension  and  Climate  Change  

*Some  Forestry  content  is  also  presented  on  January  20