CALS 501

The impact on the vulnerable is a priority often mentioned in climate action reports and plans. Climate leaders know that every tonne of greenhouse gas… Read More »Who is Holding us Back?

A colleague who I deeply respect as a leader recently mentioned a principle of Christian leadership, the teachings of Jethro. Although I don’t personally identify… Read More »Change is Scary. Inevitable. Necessary

Before I started my journey into the MACAL program, I like so many other people in the world, sought solutions to the climate crisis. However,… Read More »Taking a Step Back

Closing my last post “Adaptation in a Capitalist Society, Should it be Incremental or Transformative?”  I proposed the need to consider situational adaptation when assessing… Read More »Leading Change in Modern Society

Climate change has emerged as one of the greatest challenges of our time, demanding urgent action to ensure a sustainable future for our planet and… Read More »Paving the Way Towards a Sustainable Future

By Joanna Burris for CALS501: Leading Climate Action in Society, Assignment 5 Communicating climate risk is a two-way street. It is not merely about informing… Read More »Communicating Climate Risk is a Two-Way Street

Photo by Eric Yuen on Free Range Communicating climate risk can be seen as akin to a guided river journeyContinue readingNavigating the River of Intuitive… Read More »Navigating the River of Intuitive Thinking with Deliberative Strokes

The CALS 503 Climate Risk Management course enabled us to examine fundamental principles, theories, and concepts of climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Moreover, the… Read More »The Need for Transformational Climate Risk Management and Adaptation

According to Bush et al. (2022), “global surface temperature will continue to increase until at least the mid-century under all emissions scenarios considered” (p.10). So,… Read More »The Need for Education in Communicating Climate Risk

Is how we think a barrier to climate action? This post provides some stratgies for the climate change practioner to get decision makers attention regarding… Read More »Climate Risk – Time to Hop to It.