DWR in an effort to reduce its impact on the environment and lead by example, is developing a Department-wide Climate Action Plan. The first phase of this Climate Action Plan is a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Plan, which will guide project development and decision making with respect to energy use and GHG emissions.

The hydrological response and sensitivity to climate warming of the Upper Feather River Basin, a snow-dominated watershed in Northern California, were evaluated and quantified using observed changes, detrending, and specified temperature-based sensitivity simulations.

A detailed analysis of climate change impacts on seasonal pattern shift of inflow to reservoirs, annual inflow volume change, and sea level rise on water supply in the Central Valley of California.

A comprehensive and comparative look at planning studies conducted by DWR and its partner agencies that have addressed climate change. Thirteen planning studies completed since 2006 or in the process of being completed are reviewed and summarized.

A first-of-its-kind multi-sector strategy to help guide California's efforts in adapting to climate change impacts. The 2009 California Climate Adaptation Strategy summarizes the best known science on climate change impacts in seven specific sectors and provides recommendations on how to manage against those threats.

The report evaluates how climate change could affect the reliability of California's water supply. Click Here to view a Summary Factsheet. For further information, please contact Francis Chung (chung@water.ca.gov) or Jamie Anderson (jamiea@water.ca.gov)

Focuses discussion on the need for California's water managers to adapt to impacts of climate change, some of which are already affecting our water supplies. The report proposes 10 adaptation strategies in four categories.

DWR's quarterly magazine highlighting the people and projects of DWR

Published in the March 2008 special issue of Climatic Change -California at a Crossroads: Climate Change Science Informing Policy. This is an 18 page condensed version of the original 350 page 2006 report of the same name. Coauthored by DWR staff.

A summary of information presented at the conference and of water management-related climate information and policy needs. Recommendations are also presented for development of relationships with the federal climate science agencies and with academia.

In response to Executive Order S-3-05 from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, this report documents the Department's progress toward incorporating multiple climate change scenarios into the management of California's water resources.