Webinar Overview:

Climate change presents a cascading and increasingly dramatic set of impacts that will require an all-hands-on-deck approach to reconceiving how communities are designed, businesses operate and individuals consume natural resources. In the workplace, organizations will be challenged to anticipate and proactively address the implications of a changing environment upon their operations.

It is imperative that we rewrite job descriptions and integrate climate change throughout the academic and professional education institutions that train the workforce. The following pillars are critical to the transformation of today's academic institutions into the leadership institutions that will serve as laboratories driving the design of future communities and yielding a workforce well-positioned to tackle the challenges, risks and opportunities posed by climate change:

• Faculty Training to Incorporate Climate Change into Curriculum
• Human Resources
• Enterprise Leadership
• Community Engagement
• Innovation & Development

This webinar will focus on solutions to key challenges as well as governance changes that can catalyze this transition.

Webinar Objectives:

• Understand how the workforce needs to evolve to effectively integrate climate change into decision-making
• Review the current state of climate preparedness in the workforce
• Identify the most critical climate change training needs of various professions and sectors
• Learn how climate change can be better embedded into Higher-Ed institutions
• Assess key considerations for transforming governance structures and organizational leadership to address operations, curriculum, research and community engagement

Target Audience:

• This webinar will be of particular interest to professionals in academia, human resources, and enterprise leadership roles that intersect with climate change including supply chain managers, facility managers, energy managers, organizational risk and business continuity professionals, and service providers.