Risk Perception and Needs: Defining Extension’s Climate Change Adaptation Role
Business, Finance, and Economics, Conservation Education, Forest Management, and Policy and Administration
Many Extension professionals are unsure of the best approach to educate clients about climate adaptation. This fact sheet identifies differences in risk perception as a basis for addressing climate adaptation needs. It is the third in an Extension series and builds upon concepts covered in “Challenges in Communicating Climate Change to Extension Audiences,” and “Strategies for Communicating Climate Change to Extension Audiences.”