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Climate Action

THUR-C03: Climate Refuge Now: Working Toward Trust and Self-determination Across a Spatial Spectrum

Thursday, September 17, 2026
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT
1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW

In climate adaptation work, addressing immediate priorities of frontline coastal and floodplain communities is key to building trust and adaptive capacity that can outlive any singular “project.” Learn ways that different community-grounded approaches have generated enduring and contextually-nuanced strategies for adapting in place, relocating, and fostering emergent pathways to resilience.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Navigate regulatory and funding hurdles for nature-based coastal resilience, including sea level rise adaptation, relocation via property buyouts, erosion reduction, and adaptive management of hazard-prone shores.
  • Apply transferable methods for building climate resilience and organizational capacity through projects, plans, and policy, with nationwide applicability via local Conservation Districts, university extension, and federal funding programs.
  • Apply inclusive, context-based engagement strategies and access replicable resources including worksheets, workshop sequencing, and specific techniques.
  • Identify landscape architecture career paths in the public sector, local communities, and private firms supporting place-based work, as well as funding strategies to sustain them.