Climate Change and Its Impacts on California, Winter 2008

This panel discussion among UC Davis climate-change experts peers into the future looking at strategies for dealing with climate change for 40 years from now.

John Shears of the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (a partnership of major environmental groups and private-sector clean energy companies) discusses short-term climate change mitigation strategies for California.

Edie Chang from the California Air Resources Board, Office of Climate Change, discusses the state government's response to climate change.

Deb Niemeier, professor of civil and environmental engineering, talks about factors causing climate change in California.

Climate change impacts on agriculture is covered by Rick Snyder, biometeoroly specialist in the UC Davis Department of Land, Air and Water Resources.

Mike Kleeman, UC Davis professor of civil and environmental engineering, discusses climate change impacts on air quality.

John Largier, a UC Davis professor affiliated with the Bodega Marine Lab, discusses climate change impacts on California’s coast and ocean.

Jay Lund, professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Center for Watershed Sciences, talks about climate change impacts on water resources and flood risk

UC Davis geology professor Jeff Mount talks about the future of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta due to climate change. Note, due to a server problem, we lost the PowerPoint portion of the presentation. The video of Jeff, and his audio are still watchable.

Bryan Weare, professor of land, air and water resources at UC Davis, gives a survey of climate change impacts on California.

Phil Duffy of UC Davis/Lawrence Livermore Lab discusses past and future climate change in California.

Cort Anastasio gives the introduction to the series with a climate change overview.