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CLIMATE CHANGE
AT T H E D E PA R T M E N T O F W AT E R R E S O U R C E S
Climate Change Adaptation Across the Landscape
Michelle SelmonRegional Climate Change SpecialistJune 2013
California Water Plan
www.waterplan.water.ca.gov
12 Regional Reports 32 Resource Management Strategies (2013 draft report)
Extensive public input process
Climate change and environmental stewardship
througout the plan
IRWM provides a critical framework for actions to address the uncertainties presented by climate change as well as other risks to California’s water future.
-Water Plan Update 2009
All IRWM plans should include the following elements to help their region adapt to a changing climate:
• water conservation • conjunctive management • integrated flood management• drought contingency
• An assessment of the region’s vulnerability to the long-term risk and associated uncertainty associated with climate change
-Water
Plan Update 2009
CC Handbook for Regional Water Planning
Vulnerability Assessment Checklist Water Demand
Water Supply
Water Quality
Sea Level Rise
Flooding
Hydropower
Ecosystem and Habitat Vulnerability
CC Handbook for Regional Water Planning
Vulnerability Assessment Checklist Launches key discussions about climate change
Allows early identification of vulnerabilities to inform planning and project selection
Brings issues such as species and habitat protection to the table
Informs all IRWM "interested parties" of implications of climate change in their region
Potentially spurs additional research and action
Climate Change and Water ManagementAdaptation Strategies
• Urban infrastructure upgrades
• Water use efficiency
• Groundwater recharge
• Watershed restoration
• Floodplain restoration to improve hydrologic function
• Wetland, vernal pool, riparian restoration
• Invasive species management
• Native plant revegetation
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California supports diverse and thriving ecosystems
through lasting cooperative conservation
partnerships
Sec Order 3289. Addressing Impacts of Climate Change on Americas Water, Land, and Other Natural and Cultural Resources; LCC, CSC, Energy and Climate Change Council
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California supports diverse and thriving ecosystems
through lasting cooperative conservation
partnerships.
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A growing community of resource managers, scientists,
conservation practitioners, and others that are
successfully collaborating to advance and implement
actions that promote resilient and adaptable ecosystems across the landscape in the
face of environmental change.
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