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Job Description

Many states have put together climate adaptation plans. Far fewer have incorporated agriculture within those plans. This project will update a past IATP report documenting states’ progress in including agriculture within climate adaptation plans.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Identify what states have climate adaptation plans and which of those include agriculture within the plan. Use previously established criteria, developed through previous internships, to document and assess those agriculture-related climate adaptation strategies.

START DATE: September 9

LOCATION: On-site preferable, but not essential.

DURATION/HOURS: Minimum of 10 hours per week.

EXPERIENCE and QUALIFICATIONS: Strong writing and research skills. Ability to reach out directly to conduct interviews to gather information.

COMPENSATION and BENEFITS: Stipend available.

APPLICATION: Email résumé, cover letter and one writing sample of no more than 5 pages to lcarlson@iatp.org.  Please indicate in your email the name of the internship for which you are applying.

SUPERVISOR: Ben Lilliston, Director of Rural Strategies and Climate Change

Application deadline