Forests, people and climate change: a new “no-normal” world

"Climate change is the most compelling global issue of this and future centuries," says David Cleaves, the former climate change advisor to the U.S. Forest Service.

Russ White and Dr. David Cleaves during their interview for the Greening of the Great Lakes

“Climate change is the most compelling global issue of this and future centuries,” says David Cleaves, the former climate change advisor to the U.S. Forest Service. “The relationships between forests and people are being profoundly affected by the changing climate.”

The changing climate is introducing new challenges to natural resource management, intensifying and complicating traditional threats and presenting an increasing array of public policy issues and conflicts, adds Cleaves, who was at his alma mater MSU on October 3 to give a talk titled, “Forests, people and climate change: a new “no-normal” world.”

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