Assessment Research
California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment is a portfolio of reports, research, and resources that contribute to the scientific foundation for understanding climate-related vulnerability throughout the state to help communities understand and develop informed responses to the impacts of climate change. The Fifth Assessment’s research and tools are designed to fill knowledge gaps about California’s climate future, inspire strategic climate actions, and shape planning, investments, and policies at the state, regional, and local scales. These products are accessible below by category, or see the full list.
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Development of Climate Projections for California and Identification of General Use Projections
As recognized in the California Public Utility Commission’s Adaptation Rulemaking (R.18-04-019), planning for a climate-resilient electricity sector requires data that project how climate and weather may evolve. Because global climate projections are produced at coarse resolution, they must be downscaled to capture California’s complex topography and varied regional climate. This…
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The Cal-Adapt: Analytics Engine – Open Climate Data and Analytics to Support Electricity Resilience in California
The Cal-Adapt: Analytics Engine project was established to advance the integration of climate science into California’s electricity sector decision-making and operations. The project’s objective was to enable utilities, regulatory agencies, and policymakers to make informed, data-driven choices that enhance the safety, reliability, and affordability of the state’s electricity system while…
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Climate-Informed Energy Sector Adaptation Planning Web Application via Cal-Adapt
Cal-Adapt serves a critical need for California’s investor-owned electricity and gas utilities, regulators, and state agencies by providing a trustworthy, reliable, and open-access resource for climate data, tools, analytics, and supporting documentation. This project modernized Cal-Adapt’s climate data infrastructure to meet the growing need for high-quality climate information in energy…
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Interactive Exposures, Impacts and Strategies Inventory (EISI) Tool for Extreme Heat Project (EISI for Extreme Heat)
The Interactive Exposures, Impacts, and Strategies Inventory (EISI) Tool for Extreme Heat (EISI for EH) Project is a collaborative pilot initiative led by the Pala Band of Mission Indians (Pala), Prosper Sustainably, and the Public Health Alliance of Southern California. While tribes have a deep and long-standing understanding of how…
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Tamien Nation Climate Resilience Grant
CCCA5-CEC-Tribal-007
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Responding to Coastal Chumash Village Areas at Risk from Sea Level Rise and Coastal Hazards: A Preliminary Review of Adaptation Measures Offered by Chumash Tribes
The combination of sea level rise, warming sea surface temperatures (SSTs), and increased storm intensity, are substantially increasing rates of coastal erosion. Faced with sea level rise and attendant coastal erosion and risks to coastal Chumash cultural heritage, coastal managers and Chumash communities will be forced to make hard choices…
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Masewaltlapixkayiotl Indigenous Youth Climate Resiliency Corps
The Masewaltlalpixkayotl: Indigenous Youth Climate Resiliency Corps is dedicated to the restoration of the Chief Ya’anna Regenerative Learning Village (Ya’anna Village), a Gabrielino-Shoshone Nation of Southern California land base where intertribal cultures, sciences, and traditions are promoted through praxis. Ya’anna Village’s 12 acres sit within the boundaries of the ancestral…
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Tamien Nation’s Continuing Climate Resilience Project
CCCA5-CEC-Tribal-018
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Central Coast
The Central Coast Regional Report includes climate science, impacts, and adaptation information for Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, and northern Ventura counties. The Central Coast region is shaped by its coastal, valley, and upland topography and its proximity to the ocean. It is home to…
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Inland Deserts
The Inland Deserts Regional Report includes climate science, impacts, and adaptation information for Imperial, Inyo, east Kern, northeast Los Angeles, east Mono, San Bernardino, and east Riverside counties. California’s Inland Deserts region is a land of wide-open deserts, rugged mountains, dry lakebeds, river corridors, dunes, springs, and oases. The region…
Resarch: Regional