Bringing People into the Science of Climate Change

People are central to climate change. The size of climate change impacts, adaptation, and mitigation depend on human behavior—by individuals, communities, businesses, industries, governments, trade partners, and their complex interactions. In this seminar, Dr. Dannele Peck (USDA Northern Plains Climate Hub) and Dr. Jeff Prestemon (USDA Forest Service) explore the human dimensions of climate change in agriculture and forestry, with insights from rural sociology, forest economics, and other social sciences. Learn about the drivers of adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices, and how sea-level rise could affect timber markets globally.