Environment
Number of Programs: 3
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Bettinghaus Lecture on Climate Change
Location:
Communication Arts and Sciences Building, Room 145, 404 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824
Description:
The annual Bettinghaus Lecture, named in honor of the prolific health risk researcher and former ComArtSci Dean Professor Erwin P. Bettinghaus, brings an expert to our campus each spring to share their work on health, risk, environment, and science communication. In 2019, Dr. Emily Falk will give the presentation "Neural approaches to understanding how ideas and behaviors spread". Dr. Falk is Associate Professor of Communication, Psychology, and Marketing at the Annenberg School for Communication at the Unversity of Pennsylvania.
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Forest Carbon Science, Policy, and Management Online Graduate Certificate
Location:
Online
Description:
With a global focus, the Graduate Certificate in Forest Carbon Science, Policy, and Management is available completely online and supplements a wide range of vocations. The Certificate equips participants with the interdisciplinary tools and conceptual backgrounds to plan, implement, manage, and evaluate forestry-based climate change mitigation projects. As professionals, Certification provides an edge in competing for opportunities in forest carbon project development, REDD+ policy, and carbon offset investment advising for corporations, governments, and non-governmental organizations.
Participants in the Certificate program learn the scientific foundations of climate change and forest-climate interactions, how forest management affects forest carbon balance, the ins and outs of forest carbon markets, the social context of forest carbon sequestration, and the tools for measuring, monitoring, and accounting for forest carbon - including satellite imagery, remote sensing, and integrated carbon sequestration models.
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Forest-Climate Working Group Learning Exchange Series
Dates:
Please see the website listed below for upcoming events
Location:
Webinar format
Description:
The Forest Carbon and Climate Program is partnering with the Forest-Climate Working Group to offer a curated Learning Exchange Series on forest carbon and climate issues to group members and the public.
The Forest-Climate Working Group (FCWG), a diverse group of forest interests including landowners, industry, conservationists, academia and carbon market interests, has worked together for more than eight years to leverage the full potential of U.S. forests and forest products to provide climate change solutions. This group seeks to engage their members in learning experiences to grow internal knowledge and capacity in the group, bring into new ideas and expertise, and inform current and upcoming discussions on policy and strategy around the topic of forest carbon management.