USAID Adaptation Community Meeting: Building Agency Capacity in Climate Change Adaptation at USAID
New technical information and best practices at the intersection of climate change and development are constantly emerging, requiring that USAID staff and other development practitioners gain new knowledge, skills and abilities. Educating USAID staff on climate change is also an Administration priority. The 2015 Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review calls for strengthening staff understanding and engagement in climate issues. Executive Order 13677 on Climate-Resilient International Development will require greater technical capacity for climate risk management of international development investments. Since 2011, more than 650 USAID staff members from 68 missions around the world have participated in online and face-to-face climate change courses. Join us to learn more about how USAID is building Agency capacity for climate change adaptation by providing climate change learning opportunities for all staff.
Jenny Kane is a Climate Change Program Specialist at USAID. She has served as lead for global climate change training at USAID since 2013. Previously, Jenny served as a partnership coordinator on the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, where she helped lead efforts to integrate climate change science, education and forest management. Prior to that, she consulted for the Pew Charitable Trusts Global Conservation Initiative and ran a science illustration business. She has worked as a biologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and has researched and advised the design of a reusable bag behavior change campaign in Panama, in collaboration with local non-profit organizations and the UMD Center for Risk Communication Research. Jenny holds a dual Master’s degree in Sustainable Development, Conservation Biology and Environmental Policy from the University of Maryland College Park.
This event was organized by the USAID Climate Change Adaptation, Thought Leadership, and Assessments (ATLAS) project. All Adaptation Community Meeting webinars can be found here.
