The Climate Education Interagency Working Group (EdIWG) at the USGCRP was formed to coordinate an integrated national approach to all forms of climate change and related topics education. This Interagency Working Group consists of senior staff members of the USGCRP member agencies and related agencies who have climate and climate change education programs or a related mission. Their primary responsibility is to;

•    to serve as a forum in the USGCRP for the development of a national climate and climate change education strategy for USGCRP member agency and related agencies education activities,

•    to coordinate those activities across the member groups and priorities and

•    make recommendations to agency management on all aspects of USGCRP member and related agency climate, climate change and related educational activities. 

The purpose of the Education Interagency Working Group  is to promote synergy between the agency education activities.  Further the Working Group is developing a coordinated and cohesive climate and climate change education implementation strategy that is implemented at individual agencies, while working cross multiple agencies where possible.