The Climate Engagement and Capacity-Building Interagency Group (CEC) coordinates federal agency climate and global change efforts focused on community engagement, education, public awareness, workforce development, and training. The CEC works to make resources for climate action more accessible and useful to the Federal Government, sub-national governments, organizations, and the public. Available products include the USGCRP Climate Literacy Guide: Essential Principles for Understanding and Addressing Climate Change, which covers key climate messages for educators, communicators, and decision-makers, and the Federal Climate Training Inventory, which compiles all publicly available climate trainings by federal agencies.
Current Activities
Coordinating federal workforce climate training: surveying federal departments and agencies to create a database of existing climate trainings, classes, and professional development opportunities. This effort will also identify training gaps and needs and create a taxonomy and suggested courses of trainings for different groups, with the eventual goal of creating a federal climate training hub.
Researching national climate workforce needs: supporting efforts to incorporate climate jobs into career maps and planning in schools and throughout industry. This effort will work across agencies to identify climate career paths, opportunities, and needs to accelerate the development of the climate workforce.