Becoming climate-wise: examples
Water: increase supply, decrease demand, increase management flexibility
Coasts: consider threats of accelerated erosion and coastal flooding
Notes:
WATER -- As Alan the major impact of cc on water resources is a decrease in summer sf. To cope with these decreases, and the increased conflicts over water that are likely to go along with them, we should examine ways to:...
SALMON -- resilience to environmental variations depends on the diversity of their population as a whole, which in turn depends on the availability of healthy and complex habitat in streams, estuaries, and the open ocean. THE MOST EFFECTIVE CLIMATE INSURANCE WE CAN PURCHASE FOR PACIFIC SALMON MAY BE TO …
FORESTS -- Managed forests tend to be monocultures. Its important to ….. in order to maintain flexibility under climate change and to decrease vulnerability to pest outbreaks
COASTS -- few coastal communities have considered the potential threat posed by climate change. However, long-term economic impacts may be dictated by planning decisions that are made now. Coastal planner must …… for example, coastal erosion and flooding all have a climate component. Policies on flood plain and coastal development need to recognize this.