News stories on climate change often talk about rising ocean levels and climbing temperatures in the Southern Hemisphere.

At the fourth annual Climate Leadership Summit this past Thursday at Goshen College, Indiana researchers, political leaders and environmentalists also highlighted not only how climate change will affect Hoosiers, but what can be and is being done in response.

“Indiana is finally waking up to the climate crisis,” said Jim Poyser, executive director of Earth Charter Indiana, which organizes the summit.