The USDA Northeast Climate Hub, in collaboration with West Virginia State University, welcomes a cohort of twenty master’s and PhD students for their revamped Graduate Student Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Partners program.
GradCAMP emerges out of the 2018 GradCAP program, with the inclusion of climate mitigation and a new focus on climate equity and justice. The scholars come together with a common interest of incorporating climate equity considerations into their existing research on agriculture, aquaculture, and forestry within the Northeast. They come from across the Northeast, with representation from nine northeast states and thirteen universities. Their research includes topics such as dung beetles, blueberries, hydrodynamic modeling, green infrastructure, biochar, environmental economics, and coastal resilience. GradCAMP provides participating scholars the opportunity to connect with peers of differing research interests, adding intersectional learning to their climate change research.
This unique graduate level program is currently underway and spans the 2023-2024 academic year. In the fall semester, scholars will learn from climate equity and justice experts through a speaker series, featuring guests from Yale’s Center for Environmental Justice, Northeastern’s Global Center for Climate Justice, The National Center for Atmospheric Research, and more. After gathering information in the fall, scholars will have the opportunity to collaborate on webinars presenting how equity and justice relate to their own research. Towards the end of the program, scholars will meet in-person for a workshop focused on climate equity considerations for working lands in the Northeast and produce climate equity factsheets.