CDFW Climate College: Building Staff Capacity to Address Climate Change Whitney Albright California Department of Fish and Wildlife C-CATC Meeting August.

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CDFW Climate College: Building Staff Capacity to Address Climate Change Whitney Albright California Department of Fish and Wildlife C-CATC Meeting August 14, 2013

DFW Climate College Outline  Goals  Planning the course  Course structure and features  Course summary  Lessons learned

Goals  Provide a foundation of climate change knowledge for ALL staff  Empower staff to incorporate climate change into their work  Build a climate community at across branches/regions at DFW that includes our partners

Doug Parsons and Laura Jerome Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Planning the Course: A Florida Model

Planning the Course: Climate Training Work Group CDFW Climate Change Stakeholders

Course Structure & Features: Components Monthly lectures (10 months) Recommended readings Participation in on-line forum Final project Opportunities for Certification Awards ceremony

What's happening? Projected climate change impacts to California The National Response: What are other state and federal partners doing? Go Big or Go Home: Collaborative Partnerships in a Changing Climate Climate Literacy and Education Energy-Climate-Human Nexus: Climate Action co- benefits for Natural Resource Conservation In it for the long haul: CDFW Going Green Sustainability Initiative Walk the Talk: CDFW Testimonials Climate 101; understanding the basics of climate science and what we can do about it Welcome and Introduction Course Structure & Features: Schedule

Course Structure & Features: Resources

TWS Certification DFW Employee Excellence Awards DFW Certification Course Structure & Features: Incentives

The Course Begins! Lecture #1-- September 2012 Ken Alex, Governor’s Office Amber Pairis, DFW 176 registered –111 DFW (63%) –65 partners (37%) +75% registered for full 10 month course DFW: All regions equally represented DFW: 15 Branches/Programs - All Divisions represented Chuck Bonham, DFW Cliff Rechtschaffen, Governor’s Office

N=65 Miscellaneous Category: Representatives from CA Universities, professional scientific society, Tribal representation, local government, industry (utilities), journalist The Course Begins! Partner Participation

o 348 total participants o 23 projects submitted o 19 CDFW staff o 8 partners o 9 lectures/guest speakers o 1 happy Climate College Team Course Summary: CDFW Climate College by the Numbers

Awards Ceremony

Course Evaluations  More science!  Dynamic speakers favored  Desire for additional discussion  Not all info useful in relation to staff work

 Remote participation is a challenge  Technology will always get the better of you  A discussion forum requires TLC  A ten-month attention span is only somewhat reasonable  Thinking about how you measure the of success of a project is best done BEFORE the project takes place Lessons Learned

Successes  College projects  Speaker line-up  Flexibility of course participation  Internal communication

 Future iterations of the Climate College:  Marine focus  Traditional Ecological Knowledge Next Steps

Thank you! DFW Climate College ate_College/ DFW Climate Change website Change/