Climate assessment activities are increasingly driven by subnational organizations—city, county, and state governments; utilities and private companies; and stakeholder groups and engaged publics—trying to better serve their constituents, customers, and members by understanding and preparing for how climate change will impact them locally. Whether the threats are drought and wildfires, storm surge and sea level rise, or heat waves and urban heat islands, the warming climate is affecting people and communities across the country. To explore the growing role of subnational climate assessments and action, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted the 2-day workshop on August 14-15, 2018. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

Contents

• The National Academies of SCIENCES • ENGINEERING • MEDICINE
• PLANNING COMMITTEE ON MAKING CLIMATE ASSESSMENTS WORK: LEARNING FROM CALIFORNIA AND OTHER SUBNATIONAL CLIMATE ASSESSMENTS
• BOARD ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS
• Acknowledgment of Reviewers
• 1. Introduction to the Workshop
  • K. JOHN HOLMES, NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE
  • ROBERT WEISENMILLER, CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION
  • OPEN DISCUSSION
  • REFERENCES
• 2. California's Changing Climate and Precipitation Patterns and Their Implications for Water Management
  • MODERATOR: W. MICHAEL HANEMANN, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
  • DANIEL CAYAN, SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
  • ANDREW SCHWARZ, CALIFORNIA DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL
  • GRANT DAVIS, SONOMA WATER
  • PANEL DISCUSSION
  • REFERENCES
• 3. Heat, Public Health, and Susceptible Communities
  • MODERATOR: GUIDO FRANCO, CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION
  • GEORGE BAN-WEISS, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
  • NIK STEINBERG, FOUR TWENTY SEVEN CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
  • NANCY SUTLEY, LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER
  • ELIZABETH RHOADES, LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  • PANEL DISCUSSION
  • REFERENCES
• 4. Regional Reports and Engaging California's Regional Climate Collaboratives
  • MODERATOR: SUSANNE MOSER, SUSANNE MOSER RESEARCH AND CONSULTING
  • LAURA ENGEMAN, SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
  • BRUCE RIORDAN, CLIMATE READINESS INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
  • JONATHAN PARFREY, CLIMATE RESOLVE
  • STEVE FRISCH, SIERRA BUSINESS COUNCIL
  • PANEL DISCUSSION
  • REFERENCES
• 5. Moving from Assessment to Action
  • MODERATOR: JOHN C. WALL, CUMMINS, INC. (RETIRED)
  • NANCY THOMAS, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, GEOSPATIAL INNOVATION FACILITY
  • LIZ WHITEMAN, OCEAN SCIENCE TRUST
  • KRISTIN RALFF-DOUGLAS, CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
  • SUSANNE MOSER, SUSANNE MOSER RESEARCH AND CONSULTING
  • PANEL DISCUSSION
  • PAUL A. DECOTIS, WEST MONROE PARTNERS
  • REFERENCES
• 6. Finding Commonalities and Differences with Other Subnational Assessments (Part 1)
  • MODERATOR: JENNIFER JURADO, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA
  • CATHY WHITLOCK, MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY
  • DONALD WILHITE, UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
  • AMANDA STEVENS, NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
  • JEFFREY DUKES, PURDUE UNIVERSITY CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH CENTER
  • ZENA GRECNI, EAST-WEST CENTER
  • PANEL DISCUSSION
  • REFERENCES
• 7. Finding Commonalities and Differences with Other Subnational Assessments (Part 2)
  • MODERATOR: CATHY WHITLOCK, MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY
  • JENNIFER JURADO, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA
  • LAURNA KAATZ, DENVER WATER
  • ANN PHILLIPS, CENTER FOR CLIMATE AND SECURITY
  • MELISSA ALLEN, OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY
  • PANEL DISCUSSION
  • REFERENCES
• 8. Summary of Breakout Group Discussions
• 9. Initiating, Sustaining, and Evolving Climate Assessment Processes
  • MODERATOR: PAUL A. DECOTIS, WEST MONROE PARTNERS
  • DELAVANE DIAZ, ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE
  • JENNIFER JURADO, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA
  • DAVID REIDMILLER, U.S. GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM
  • RICHARD MOSS, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
  • LOUISE BEDSWORTH, CALIFORNIA STRATEGIC GROWTH COUNCIL
  • PANEL DISCUSSION
  • REFERENCES
• Appendixes
  • A. Statement of Task
  • B. Workshop Agenda
  • C. Planning Committee Members Biographical Information
  • D. Workshop Registrants (Online and In-Person)
  • E. Acronyms

Rapporteurs: Elizabeth Zeitler, K. John Holmes, and Ben A. Wender.

Suggested citation:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Making Climate Assessments Work: Learning from California and Other Subnational Climate Assessments—Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.17226/25324.