WEBINAR: Climate Resilience and IRWM: Building Successful Partnerships, Day 2

Opening speaker: Why IRWM is Key to Managing the State’s Water Resources Under Climate Change

• Dave Eggerton, Association of California Water Agencies

Panel: Climate Change Analysis in IRWM Plans

• Ted Daum, DWR Presentation slides
• Jennifer Morales, DWR Presentation slides
• Romain Maendly, DWR Presentation slides

Panel: How IRWM Regions Use Climate Change Analysis to Guide Adaptation Strategies

• Karen Gaffney, North Coast Resource Partnership (NCRP) Presentation slides
• Melinda Barrett, Yosemite-Mariposa IRWM Presentation slides
• Ross Clark, Central Coast Wetlands Group Presentation slides
• Carlos Quiroz, Quiroz Communications Presentation slides
• Ian Achimore, Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority (SAWPA) Presentation slides

Resources shared in the chat

ACWA

• https://www.acwa.com/resources/integrated-regional-water-management-policy-principles/

After Wildfire

• http://www.readyforwildfire.org/wp-content/uploads/After-Wildfire-Guide-10JUNE2019_draft_final-ADA-compliant.pdf

Climate Change Handbook for Regional Water Planning

• https://resilientca.org/projects/814adf60-17dd-4da8-aefa-94b9759a76af/

Roundtable of Regions Climate Resilience

• https://www.roundtableofregions.org/climate-resilience

DWR Regional Climate Specialists

• https://resilientca.org/projects/814adf60-17dd-4da8-aefa-94b9759a76af/

Climate Registry

• https://www.theclimateregistry.org/

Hydrology Section at DWR have posted a few Tableau Dashboards using various hydrologic data on the CDEC website

• https://cdec.water.ca.gov/snow/

Climate Risk Informed Decision Analysis

• https://en.unesco.org/crida

Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations

• https://www.drought.gov/news/forecast-informed-reservoir-operations-firo-overcoming-barriers-and-realizing-benefits#:~:text=Forecast%2Dinformed%20reservoir%20operations%20(FIRO)%20is%20a%20reservoir%2D,benefits%20and%20to%20enhance%20flood

Tuolumne River Watershed Study:

• For info, please email Maendly@water.ca.gov

North Coast Resource Partnership:

• https://northcoastresourcepartnership.org/

Yosemite-Mariposa IRWM

• http://www.sierrawaterworkgroup.org/yosemite-mariposa-irwm.html

Monterey Sea Level Rise / Climate Variability

• https://coastalresilience.org/project/monterey-bay/

Central Coast Wetlands Group

• centralcoastwetlands.org

EPA: Climate change disproportionately affects marginalized communities

• https://www.axios.com/epa-report-climate-change-marginalized-communities-391492c7-bedf-4d98-9208-58e84ed03f48.html

Why Marginalised Groups are Disproportionately Affected by Climate Change

• https://earth.org/marginalised-groups-are-disproportionately-affected-by-climate-change/

Why Climate Change is an Environmental Justice Issue

• https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2020/09/22/climate-change-environmental-justice/

How Communities Of Color Are Hurt Most By Climate Change

• https://www.forbes.com/advisor/personal-finance/communities-of-color-and-climate-change/

On scientific confluence and the challenges of avoiding a ghastly future in California water

• https://cah2oresearch.com/2021/09/20/on-scientific-confluence-and-the-challenges-of-avoiding-a-ghastly-future-in-california-water/