SECC Overview

Senthold Asseng

NOAA's Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) program

“…supports research teams that help expand and build the nation’s capacity to prepare for and adapt to climate variability and change. Central to the RISA approach are commitments to process, partnership, and trust building.”

SECCMulti-disciplinaryMulti-institutionalMulti-state Team

to apply advances in climate sciences to: - agricultural - water - coastal resources

…engaging stakeholders & in partnerships with Extension/educational organizations…

Mathews 2014

Organic FarmersFlorida Water and

Climate Alliance

AgroClimate Users

African American Farmers

SECC

Climate

SECC Mission: “…to better manage climate-related risks in SE…”

Coastal

Socio-economic

Extension/stakeholder engagement

Water useAgriculture

Water

Water Group

Row Crop

Group

Fruit/Vegetable

Group

Context

Stakeholder engagement & learning networks

SEWaterClimate

AgroClimate

Decision management and learning tools

Apps

Future Pathways

Tools

Vision:1. Improving agricultural, hydrologic, and

coastal system resilience2. Advancing Decision Support Tools3. Co-learning with stakeholders

SECC goals

1. …learning networks … test beds for shared learning of integrated social and biophysical knowledge on adaptation.

2. …better understanding of the SE US “warming hole”

3. …impact of climate extremes …adaptation options…

4. …socioeconomic pathways …for an integrated assessment of climate change impacts…

5. …new climate-related decision support tools based on …. AgroClimate.