CASC Futures Forum

CASC-led Frameworks for Regional Climate Adaptation - Share and learn promising practices that will help the CASC be more effective at the development of actionable climate adaptation conceptual frameworks and the integration of those frameworks into decision-making approaches.

Lessons Learned from Portfolio Assessments and Evaluation Efforts - Exchange and learn how regions are building/addressing the capacity to do portfolio analyses, what methods are being applied, and how this information is being operationalized to improve our science. An opportunity to hear from regions about the process of tracking funded projects and associated assessment efforts.

Incorporating Environmental Justice into Climate Adaptation - Intentionally reflect on ongoing EJ and CJ efforts at the CASCs, while also creating a vision for the future. This breakout will allow participants to share their successes and challenges, as well as to imagine what future work might look like.

Tribal Engagement - A Reflection on Lessons Learned for Future Practice - Reflecting, sharing, and learning lessons and best practices of Tribal engagement from diverse experiences to enrich future strategies.

10+ Years of CASC Research: Our Successes and How We Can Keep Them Going - Come talk about how CASC Research has evolved over the last decade: What are we known for? What do we want to be known for? What has promoted (or hindered) our success?

Harvesting Insights for the Future - Engage in interactive activities and discussions to prioritize emerging areas of research and practice for climate adaptation knowledge generation that continues to build upon the existing work of the CASC Network and informs the Federal Advisory Committee, senior leaders, and researchers.

In 2021-2022, the Cross-CASC Climate Training Initiative group identified the need for additional capacity building efforts that utilized CASC science and were tailored to the local audience, context, and place. What can we learn from the capacity building approaches that have recently spun up from the different regional CASCs to help increase climate-informed decision-making moving forward?

Engage in interactive activities and discussions to prioritize emerging areas of research and practice for climate adaptation knowledge generation that continues to build upon the existing work of the CASC Network and informs the Federal Advisory Committee, senior leaders, and researchers.

The CASCs provide resource managers and other partners with the scientific information and decision-making tools they need to understand and adapt to climate change. What should we be doing more of or differently to improve partners’ access, use, and interpretation of existing climate adaptation science, data, and tools?

Engage in interactive activities and discussions to prioritize emerging areas of research and practice for climate adaptation knowledge generation that continues to build upon the existing work of the CASC Network and informs the Federal Advisory Committee, senior leaders, and researchers.

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Engage in interactive activities and discussions to prioritize emerging areas of research and practice for climate adaptation knowledge generation that continues to build upon the existing work of the CASC Network and informs the Federal Advisory Committee, senior leaders, and researchers.

As practitioners implement strategies that are designed to build resilience and support adaptation of plants, animals, water, lands and people to climate change, there has been little research on whether those actions are achieving desired outcomes. What role should the CASCs play in building out this nascent field of science, and how might we get started?

Engage in interactive activities and discussions to prioritize emerging areas of research and practice for climate adaptation knowledge generation that continues to build upon the existing work of the CASC Network and informs the Federal Advisory Committee, senior leaders, and researchers.

Incorporating Indigenous Knowledges (IK) and practices into natural resource management has gained momentum at all levels of management, including federal, state, and local levels, and is increasingly promoted as a more holistic perspective. However, what remains uncertain is what IK means to these different agencies and groups because not only is IK a different world view, it is also a different value view.