National Extension Climate Action Team
Fellow: Betsy Newman, Utah State University Roadmap
Fellow Report: NECAT Members:
• Betsy Newman Newman (Co-PI Utah State University Western Rural Development Center) • Jennison Kipp (Co-PI University of Florida; NECI & National Sustainability Summit + National Extension Energy Summit Liaison) • Paul Lachapelle (NECAT Faculty Liaison & Post-Doc Supervisor; NECI Co-Chair Montana State University) • Sabrina Drill (NECAT Fellow, Post-Doc, NECI and Montana State University) • Heather Hubbard (NECAT Communications Fellow University of Florida) • Ongoing contributions from the NECI Steering Committee (SC) and NECI Members
Output 1 – Clearly identified climate priorities across CES both internal and external ● DONE Sept ‘21
Output 2 – Create action items developed for each priority area identified during the 2021 NECI Climate Action Forum ● DONE Oct ‘21 ● Revised action items with NECI member and conference attendee input at NEES+NSS 2022 ● Have continued to revise and expand on action items and formalize and facilitate work to move action forward. Primary mechanism for this is through five NECI Committees / “Subcommittees” / Action Teams” (in addition to NECI Steering Committee) established specifically for streamlining, operationalizing, and accelerating the priorities identified. Each of these committees holds separate meetings and will be posting updated information on their respective Extension Foundation sub-group sites at: https://connect.extension.org/g/national-extension-climate-initiative/topics. ● The five NECI Committees / Action Teams (described on this NECI website page ● https://nationalextensionclimateinitiative.net/committees/ ) are: ○ 1. Communications Committee / Action Team ○ 2. Curriculum Development Committee / Action Team ○ 3. Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (“JEDI”) Committee / Action Team ○ 4. Extension Policy Committee / Action Team ○ 5. Evaluation and Survey Committee / Action Team
50
Powered by FlippingBook