Cooperative Extension System Climate Action Plan

• 32,000 employees - a presence in almost every county and parish, and all territories

Participatory Planning Models

• Extension volunteer resources (Master Gardener, Master Naturalists, 4-H Leaders, Climate Stewards, and other existing programs)

• Extension associations (ANREP, ESP, NACAA, NACDEP, NAE4-HYDP, NAEPSDP, NEAFCS)

• Extension-associated grassroots networks such as Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN), National Extension Climate Initiative (NECI), and others

Investment Opportunities: Additional collaboration and resources would enable Extension to take more meaningful climate action. Extension climate professionals identified the following list of investments as those that would drive the biggest change the fastest:

Long-term funding for long-term work

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