8:00

Coffee, refreshments available

8:30

Welcome, introductions, housekeeping items 

Clay Trauernicht

(CTAHR-NREM)

Jonathan Deenik

(CTAHR-NREM)

8:50

Climate change and your work

Big idea: What is your understanding of climate change in Hawaii and how it relates to your work?

• Think/Pair/Share
• Flip chart activity

M’Randa Sandlin (CTAHR-TPSS)

9:20

Vulnerability and resilience

Big idea: What is your understanding of climate vulnerability and resilience in Hawaii and the Pacific and how it relates to your work?

Patricia Fifita, (CTAHR-NREM)

9:35

Climate and Weather

Big idea: Why is climate change relevant for my work and clientele?

• Note cards (post it) activity

• Which climate and weather variables and/or climate-related events/natural hazards concern you/your program and your clientele?

Abby Frazier

(US Forest Service)

10:20

Coffee Break

10:30

Carbon and climate change

Big idea: Why is climate change relevant for my work and clientele?

Rebecca Ryals (CTAHR-NREM)

11:00

Projected climate changes

Big idea: Why is climate change relevant for my work and clientele?

• Pairs Activity (Turn to neighbor)
  Which changes are most important for your clientele to understand and prepare for?

Jeff Burgett

(Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative)

11:45

Lunch

12:45

Pacific agencies active in climate change work

Big idea: Who is engaging in the production and communication of regional climate science?

• Panel presentations (5) and group discussion
  (Hawaii extension agents and their work)

Facilitator:
Clay Trauernicht

Panelists:

• Zena Grecni
  (Pacific RISA)
• Dave Helweg (Pacific Islands Climate Science Center)
• Wendy Miles
  (Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative)
• Bradley Romine (SeaGrant)

2:00

Coffee Break

2:10

Extension responses to climate change

Big idea: What are our options to respond to climate change within CES programs? What are examples of CES programs where climate information is relevant?

• Presentation: Mike’s experience as extension person, share his work and challenges, strategies, stories
• 4 extension program presentations
• Questions for Audience

Mike Crimmins

(University of Arizona Cooperative Extension)

Panelists:

• Jensen Uyeda
• Andrea Kawabata
• Jonathan Deenik
• James Leary (CTAHR - NREM)

3:25

Improving existing extension programs

Big idea: How can we improve existing extension programs with climate-related information?

• Facilitated small group discussions

4:25

Closing comments

Clay Trauernicht

4:30

Pau!

8:00

Coffee & refreshments available

8:30

Opening comments

Clay Trauernicht

8:35

Debrief from day 1 group activity

• Group facilitators present slides

Group facilitator(s)

9:05

Effective communication about climate change

Big idea: How do we effectively talk about climate change with our clients?

• Comfort with discomfort: Relational approaches to climate change engagement in cooperative extension
• Reflection exercises

Faith Kearns

(University of California Cooperative Extension)

10:35

Coffee Break

10:45

Effective communication about climate change (cont'd)

Big idea: How do we effectively talk about climate change with our clients?

• Panel discussion
• Audience questions and discussion
• Group exercise

Faith Kearns (Facilitator)

Panelists:

• Mike Crimmins
• Clay Trauernicht
• Mark Thorne

12:15

Lunch

1:15

Climate Tools

Big idea: What existing resources can we use? What resources need to be developed?

• Roundtable breakout discussion activity:

• Climate-Related Data Products (Asia Room)
• Climate Summaries & Forecasts (Tagore Room)
• Climate Communication Resources (Kamehameha Room)

Facilitators

2:45

Coffee Break

2:55

Tools Wrap-up

Comments from audience on tools

3:05

Moving Forward

Big idea: How do we move forward?

• SWOT Analysis Activity

M’Randa Sandlin

3:50

Evaluation (Post-HECC Forum survey)

Patricia Fifita

4:20

Closing remarks

Clay Trauernicht