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Preparing for Sea Level Rise in the Bay Area - A Local Government Forum

Preparing for Sea Levels in the Bay Area was a forum for local governments sponsored by the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), together with the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), and the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Planners, government officials, and scientific experts from the Bay area counties convened to discuss the state of the science of climate change, specifically sea-level rise, and current and potential adaptation strategies. In addition to preparing Bay communities for sea-level rise, the forum provided an opportunity for local organizations and agencies to form partnerships creating synergy in various planning efforts.

• A Climate Change Strategy for the Bay Area Will Travis [ 17MB ]
• Report on Climate Change Impact Assessment [ 7.09MB ] from the California Climate Action Team, Climate Scenarios Group (Dan Cayan, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and USGS)
• Local Government Efforts to Identify Vulnerabilities and Adapt to Projected Sea Level Rise
  • Marin County - Alex Hinds, Community Development Agency - Policy initiatives in Marin County's General Plan and other County initiatives [ 42.29KB ]
  • SF PUC - Michael Carlin - Changes in our water supply, stomwater and wastewater system vulnerabilities and adaptation planning [ 29.02 KB ]
• Keynote Address: Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute - Socioeconomic Impacts of Sea Level Rise in the Bay Area and Addressing Environmental Justice
• Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies
  • Jeremy Lowe, PWA, How rising seas will affect Bay processes and adaptation planning and strategies for local governments to consider [ 3.01 MB ]
  • Ken Kirkey, ABAG: FOCUS Our Vision Program and the role of focused development [ 5.03 MB ]
  • Henry Hilken, BAAQMD: Air quality impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation strategies [ 2.95 MB ]
• Presentation of Vulnerability Template by BCDC
  • Sea Level Rise Workbook Scenario A [ 416KB ]
  • Sea Level Rise Workbook Scenario B [ 463KB ]
  • Small Group Feedback on Vulnerability Assessment Template Exercise
  • Annotated Bibliography