Upcoming Events
The Case for Cautious Climate Hope
Thursday, October, 13, 2022
Lecture: 3:00 p.m. (Auditorium)
Reception: 4:30 p.m. (Atrium)
Join the Department of Soil, Water and Climate on Thursday, October 13 for the 29th annual Kuehnast Lecture in the fields of Meteorology and Climate featuring Zeke Hausfather, PhD. Dr. Hausfather is a climate scientist and research lead for Stripe specializing in climate models, carbon removal, mitigation technologies and observational temperature records.
2022 Public Health Law Summit
October 12 - 14, 2022
The 2022 Climate Change and Health Equity Summit will bring together health departments, health care providers, and community-based organizations and others who are working with communities to achieve health equity and develop climate solutions that are centered in a health equity framework. Engage with others to build a shared understanding of how public health law can and should make our communities healthier and help mitigate climate change.
Heidi Roop helps to Launch the Climate-Ready Gardens Community Engagement Toolkit
Wednesday, September 21, 2022, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
MCAP Director, Dr. Heidi Roop, will give a talk on observed and expected climate impacts in the Midwest and Minnesota and highlight actions already underway across the region to prepare for climate change during this event to launch the Climate Change Community Engagement Toolkit Training for Master Gardener Volunteers.
MCAP News
We're headed to Aspen Ideas: Climate!
MCAP is facilitating a cohort of exceptional climate leaders from across Minnesota to attend the Aspen Ideas: Climate conference this month. These conferences tend to lack representation of the many forms of climate leadership that take place at the community level. We believe that we can achieve more by bringing more voices, experiences and expertise to the table.
Forbes: Climate Risk Is Real And Calculable, But Numbers Don’t Protect Homes
Forbes featured our study with the design firm HGA characterizing the climate projection data needs of Architecture and Engineering (A&E) professionals in the United States: "Many financially secure homeowners are willing to take on some risk for a great location, but subsequently need to plan for it by working with an architect or builder who uses design tactics to meet that risk tolerance."
Yale Climate Connections: Stories Recorded at MCRC
Climate Connections—a daily podcast and radio show heard on over 700 stations nationwide—recently began airing a series of conversations recorded at our Midwest Climate Resilience Conference in Duluth this fall. The interviews are on heat pumps, rain barrels and building engineering standards—areas where Minnesotans are leading the charge in implementing climate adaptation and resilience strategies. Climate Connections also featured a conversation with MCAP Director Heidi Roop about her book, The Climate Action Handbook.
