75+ attend climate change workshop

More than 75 researchers from Cornell and other universities, as well as representatives from state and federal government agencies and environmental groups attended the “Climate Change and New York Ecosystems: Where Do We Go From Here?” workshop held in Ithaca on December 5, 2011. The workshop was sponsored by NYSERDA and the Cornell Climate Change Program Work Team (PWT).

Presentations included an overview of the recently released ClimAID study, and talks on the effects of climate change on New York’s forests, grasslands, wildlife, coldwater fisheries, urban forests, Adirondack ecosystems and more.

Speakers and breakout groups also addressed the challenges of coordinating research efforts, communicating the science of climate change to motivate change, and effective management, intervention and policy options.

View Powerpoint presentations from the workshop.

Attendees also received copies of the first four factsheets published by the PWT:

• Farm Energy, Carbon, and Greenhouse Gases
• New York’s Changing Climate
• The Earth’s Changing Climate
• Farming Success in an Uncertain Climate

More factsheets are planned for release in 2012, and will also be available through the Cornell Climate Change website.