ITEP's Tribal Climate Change Webinar Series

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The Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) is hosting a Tribal Climate Change Webinar Series that will provide basic information about climate change, its impacts on tribes in the United States, and outreach and education material and resources that tribes can use with their communities to increase their awareness and understanding of climate change. Registration will be limited to a maximum of 100 participants per webinar. Go to: http://www4.nau.edu/itep/climatechange/tcc_webinars.asp to register. ITEP will send you information about how to log on to the webinar.

Webinar 1: Climate Change-What it is and why it's important
Thursday, June 13, 2013—10:00-11:15 am Pacific
Maybe you’ve been hearing a lot about climate change, adaptation and mitigation, but you don’t feel like you know the basics. This presentation will review climate change terminology and go over the basics of climate change and why climate change is an important issue for everyone-- think "Climate Change 101." Presenter: Zack Guido, Associate Staff Scientist, Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS), University of Arizona

Webinar 2: Indicators of Climate Change
Tuesday, June 18, 2013—10:00-11:15 am Pacific
One way to track and communicate the causes and effects of climate change is through the use of indicators. An indicator, such as a record of sea ice extent, represents the state or trend of certain environmental conditions over a given area and a specified time period. This presentation will provide an overview of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Change Indicators in the United States, 2012 report, which presents a set of 26 indicators tracking observed signs of climate change in the United States. Presenter: Lesley Jantarasami and Mike Kolian, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation, Climate Change Division

Webinar 3: Climate Change Impacts on Tribes
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 11:00-12:15 pm Pacific
Climate change is and will impact the peoples, lands and resources of indigenous communities. This presentation will provide an overview of climate change impacts and vulnerabilities of tribes in the United States. It will draw on the findings from the draft 2013 National Climate Assessment's (NCA) chapter on tribes, Impacts of Climate Change on Tribal, Indigenous, and Native Lands and Resources. The draft 2013 NCA has been going through the review process and is available at: http://ncadac.globalchange.gov/; the final report is expected to be available by early 2014. The co-presenters are members of the tribal chapter's author team. Co-Presenters: Bull Bennett, President, Kiksapa Consulting; Nancy Maynard, Emeritus Scientist, NASA; Patricia Cochran, Executive Director, Alaska Native Science Commission; Kathy Lynn, Project Coordinator, PNW Tribal Climate Change Project, University of Oregon; and Sue Wotkyns, Climate Change Program Manager, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals, Northern Arizona University

Webinar 4: Climate Change Outreach and Education
Friday, July 12, 2013—11:00 am-12:15 pm Pacific
Does your tribal community have little knowledge and understanding of climate change and its impacts? Are you trying to increase their awareness about climate change and ways to address it, such as mitigation and adaptation? This presentation will provide information about outreach and education material and resources that tribes can use in engaging their tribal community about climate change. It will include examples from the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals’ Environmental Education and Outreach Program. Presenter: Mansel Nelson, Program Coordinator, Environmental Education and Outreach Program, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals, Northern Arizona University

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Sue Wotkyns
Climate Change Program Manager
Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals
Northern Arizona University
P.O. Box 15004
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Phone: 928-523-1488
susan.wotkyns@nau.edu
www4.nau.edu/itep/
Tribes & Climate Change website:
www4.nau.edu/tribalclimatechange/