Cal-Adapt Monthly Projected Soil Moisture at Bottom Layer (1950-2099)

Publication Date

2008

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Recognizing California's vulnerability to the impacts of climate change, the Governor issued Executive Order S-03-05 on June 1, 2005 mandating the preparation of biennial science reports on the potential impacts of climate change on California and the identification of adaptation options. The Climate Action Team (CAT), headed by the Secretary for Environmental Protection, submits these reports to the Governor and the Legislature.The first biennial CAT report was released in 2006. The report summarized major findings of the 2006 Climate Change Impacts Assessment which provided a valuable initial overview of climate impacts on key sectors in the state that are expected under alternative greenhouse gas emission scenarios.The California Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program is leading an effort to expand, improve and further develop the analysis of projected impacts under multiple climate change scenarios. The findings, based on more than 40 studies, will be presented in a 2008 Climate Change Impact Assessment.The 2008 Climate Impact Assessment will build on the 2006 study to meet three goals: * Improve the assessment of climate changes in the California region and associated impacts on key physical and biological indicators. * Begin to translate these physical and biological impacts into sectoral economic impacts. * Begin to develop and evaluate strategies for key sectors or regions for adapting to climate changes already underway.The successful coordination and completion of such a large number of studies is a complex, intensive effort requiring the cooperation of many governmental and research entities.A brief overview of the 2008 Climate Change Impacts Assessment was presented during the 4th Annual Research Conference on Climate Change, held in September 2007. Please click here to download the presentations on this topic.

• LC MAP - Landscape Conservation Management and Analysis Portal
• North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative

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