11/30/2023

How Associations Can Begin Addressing Climate Change

Leaders must start looking at how climate change is impacting their members

It's only become clearer each year that effects of climate change are getting worse.

Associations are already feeling its effects—from the impact of natural disasters on members and conferences, to an increased demand to host more sustainable meetings and make decisions that take climate impact into consideration.

"If your budget is tied to one conference in a state experiencing natural disasters, you're going to have a problem," said Shelly Alcorn, principal futurist at Michelle Alcorn and Associates. "If you aren't investing in your components, what will happen when one chapter is dealing with a forest fire and another chapter across the country is suffering from an earthquake?"

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