Rural Climate Dialogues

John Howard Interview

Interview with Rural Climate Dialogues participant John Howard of Winona, MN

Minnesota rural residents and state agencies work together on climate

At the State Convening, rural participants identified and presented their shared climate action priorities, and state agency staff also presented on a number of key climate issues for rural Minnesota.

Rural Minnesotans build community solutions to climate change

Minneapolis, MN–The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) and the Jefferson Center, today, released a report detailing two years of work in Greater Minnesota to build community solutions to climate change.  

Raising Rural Voices on Climate Change

This blog overviews day 1 of the 2016 Rural Climate Dialogues State Convening.

Climate change without a plan

On a wintry day in March, residents from Winona, Minnesota gathered around tables with flip charts and markers to develop a plan for how the Mississippi River community could respond to climate change.

Climate Democracy for Rural Communities

In early March, farmers and rural residents of southeast Minnesota gathered for three intensive days of presentations, discussion and deliberation around the thorny issue of climate change. The Winona, Minnesota Climate Dialogue participants, most of them in shirts and jeans, were a blend of ages, cultural backgrounds and jobs.

Collaborating for the Community: Winona Climate Dialogue Convenes

This blog overviews the 2016 Winona County Rural Climate Dialogue.

Rural Climate Policy Priorities

The intent of this working document is to describe climate change concerns specific to rural communities in the United States and identify policy approaches that are supportive of on-the-ground solutions. It reflects ideas and input from Rural Climate Network member organizations and other rural organizations, leaders and experts in the U.S.

U.S. rural leaders and advocates release climate change policy priorities

MINNEAPOLIS, MN/PARIS, FRANCE – Rural organizations, leaders and experts in the U.S. outlined the challenges climate change poses to rural communities and a set of policy priorities, “Rural Climate Policy Priorities: Solutions from the Ground,” released today during the first week of global climate talks in Paris.

WEBINAR: Rural Climate Dialogues - Itasca County, Minnesota

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