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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

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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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