CPAESS Discovery Seminar: Federal to Local Partnership Collaborations as We Adapt to Future Climate Risk in the Central Midwest
Please join CPAESS for our monthly virtual seminar series with November speaker Emily Rountree, PhD, CPAESS Program Specialist at NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnerships Program, Climate Program Office
Title: Federal to Local Partnership Collaborations as We Adapt to Future Climate Risk in the Central Midwest
Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 11:00am MT (Virtual)
Presenter
Emily Rountree, PhD, CPAESS Program Specialist at NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnerships Program, Climate Program Office
About Emily Eddins Rountree, PhD
Emily built a career in community engagement and service learning at University of Kansas (KU) and Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, where she received several major grants to develop community engagement projects that address sea level rise, climate change, and conservation, including the ARISE EPSCoR project at KU and with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Virginia Sea Grant at ODU. Dr. Rountree received her PhD and MS in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources from Colorado State University.
Summary
Emily Rountree leads a unique position supporting climate adaptation partnerships in the Central Midwest, jointly hosted by UCAR CPAESS, NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnerships Program, and the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) in Kansas City. Responsible for facilitating the incorporation of relevant research findings and analysis into a range of planning, decision-making, and preparedness activities in the Kansas City metropolitan area and more broadly across the four states of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska, she'll discuss several initiatives she's developed building on existing structures and community-identified needs.
The talk will be recorded and published on the CPAESS YouTube Channel.
