Upcoming Events
Coming soon...Past Events & Videos
2014-2015
2014 and 2015 have been busy year's for the Wisconsin Academy's Climate & Energy Initiative. In June of 2014, we released the Climate Forward Report in 2014, and presented its findings across the state at various conferences and meetings the following 9 months. As a precursor to the Report's release, we partnered with various organizations to host a conversation called call Resilient Wisconsin Day in May of 2014. Please visit the event pages for information, videos, and contact information:
- Wisconsin Eye Press Conference (2014)
- Resilient Wisconsin Day (2014)
- Sustainable Business Conference (2014)
- RENEW Wisconsin Conference (2015)
- Envisioning Responses to Climate Change (2015)
- Milwaukee Sustainable Business Conference (2015)
2013
In 2013, year one of this Initiative, the Academy highlighted some of the many promising efforts underway in the state in energy diversification, conservation, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. In forums and other events we invited the public to explore the climate and energy challenges this region faces, as well as how Wisconsin innovators are playing an important role in finding practical solutions that can have wider applications. Summaries and video archives are available for the following events:
- Wisconsin’s Climate and Energy Future Forum: Charting a Way Forward
- Innovators Showcase: Wisconsin’s Climate and Energy Leaders
- Climate Change: What It Means for Wisconsin's Economy and Natural Resources
- How a Changing Climate is Changing Our Wisconsin Way of Life
- Barriers to Addressing Our Climate and Energy Challenges
Web Resources
Energy Conservation & Efficiency
- American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
- Energy Star Builders in Wisconsin
- Seventhwave (Energy Center of Wisconsin)
- U.S. Department of Energy – Energy Saver
- U.S. Department of Agriculture – WI Energy Practices
- U.S. Energy Information Administration – Energy Savings Statistics
- Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation (WECC)
- Wisconsin Focus on Energy
Renewable Energy
- Climate Institute – Renewable Energy
- Midwest Renewable Energy Association
- North Wind Renewable Energy
- RENEW Wisconsin
- Rural Renawable Energy Alliance
- U.S. Department of Agriculture – WI Energy Practices
- U.S. Energy Information Administration – Wisconsin Energy Consumption
- Wisconsin Energy Institute
- Wisconsin State Energy Office
Transportation Innovation
- 1000 Friends – Transportation
- Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute
- State Smart Transportation Initiative
- Transportation Development Association – Wisconsin
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Smartway
- Wisconsin Clean Cities
- Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Natural Carbon Storage
- Great Lakes Climate Webinar: Predicting Carbon Storage of Great Lakes Forests
- NOAA – Natural Carbon Sequestration & Storage
- Cool Choices
- EnAct Wisconsin
- Small Business Alliance - Sustainable Business Practices
- SustainDane - MPower Business
- Wisconsin Business Alliance - Resource Conservation
- Wisconsin Green Tier Program
- Wisconsin Green Masters Program
- Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council
Leadership & Citizenship
- Citizens' Climate Lobby
- Environmental Education in Wisconsin
- UW-Stevens Point - Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Education
Climate Change in Energy in Wisconsin & Beyond
- Climate Wisconsin
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- NASA - Climate Change
- NOAA - Climate.gov
- United Nations and Climate Change
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Climate Change
- UW-Madison - Water Sustainability & Climate
- Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI)
