Cal-Adapt (Climate Change Tool) Launch & Demonstration
California Natural Resources Agency to Launch Online Climate Change Tool Cal-Adapt to show how climate change affects local regions
On June 7, Secretary for Natural Resources John Laird and California Energy Commission Chair Dr. Robert Weisenmiller will release Cal-Adapt, a web-based climate change adaptation tool. By showing the potential effects to California, the tool will enable city and county planners, government agencies, and the public to identify potential climate change risks in specific areas throughout the state. An overview and demonstration of the website will be provided.
Cal-Adapt combines volumes of climate change research and presents it in a visually graphic, accessible, and intuitive format intended to benefit local planning efforts as well as inform California citizens of potential climate change impacts. This tool will provide planners with detailed information regarding potential sea-level rise, wildfire dangers, temperature changes, and fluctuations in snowpack in specific areas, which will help inform how to respond to those impacts.
The success of this effort is due to a common vision and collaborative effort between government agencies, universities, private industry, and non-profit organizations including UC Berkeley’s Geospatial Innovation Facility, the California Energy Commission, Google, the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Santa Clara University, U.S. Geological Survey, UC Merced, and the Pacific Institute.
WHAT: Cal-Adapt Launch and Live Demonstration
WHEN: Tuesday, June 7 at 10 a.m.
WHERE: The demonstration will be presented via WebEx at https://energy.webex.com
Meeting Number: 497 455 577
Meeting Password: meeting@10
WHO: John Laird, California Secretary for Natural Resources
Robert B. Weisenmiller, Ph.D., Chair, California Energy Commission
Kevin Koy, Manager, Geospatial Innovation Facility (GIF), UC Berkeley
Guido Franco, California Energy Commission
Kurt Malchow, California Natural Resources Agency
See the flyer about Cal-Adapt: http://www.energy.ca.gov/releases/2011_releases/Cal-Adapt_Handout_June.pdf
