The Climate Action Team, established by Governor Schwarzenegger under an Executive Order on June 1, 2005, coordinates state-level actions relating to Climate Change. The Team is led by the Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency and includes the Secretary of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, Secretary of the Department of Food and Agriculture, Secretary of the Resources Agency, Chairperson of the Air Resources Board, Chairperson of the Energy Commission and President of the Public Utilities Commission. The Climate Action Team is charged with implementing global warming emission reduction programs and reporting on the progress made toward meeting the statewide greenhouse gas targets that were established in the EO. The first report was sent to the Governor and the Legislature in 2006. It is done bi-annually thereafter.

CalEPA has issued a State Agency Greenhouse Gas Reduction Report Card (March 2008, PDF file, 9 pgs., 232 kb) that summarizes how the state agencies are doing.

• Low-emission vehicle and clean fuel regulations that reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• Zero-emissions vehicle mandate for a percentage of new light-duty vehicles
• Fuel economy and technology requirement for other mobile source gasoline engines
• Program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the use of consumer products

• The Board of Forestry has held a number of hearings on the development of forest protocols and how the Forest Practices act could better address climate mitigation and adaptation policies.
• The Board of Forestry is working with CAL FIRE to update the 2003 Assessment of Forests and Rangelands to provide more discussions and analysis on climate change.
• The State's Fire Management Plan provides policy direction for the state on combating fires. The Board of Forestry is working with CAL FIRE to potentially update this plan, which will consider climate considerations.

• Development of a planning manual for how stakeholders should address climate change within the California Coastal Act - The Coastal Commission is planning to develop a document and website in 2008 that will help stakeholders interpret the implement projects under the CCA.
• Completed workshop on climate change for Commission Board - The Commission hosted a climate workshop in December 2006 that included presentations by former Assembly Member Fran Pavley on AB 1493 and AB 32; by Dr. Jim Barry on marine resource impacts from climate change; and by Dr. Suzanne Moser on local government awareness and responses to climate change.
• Establishment of an internal climate change task force to better understand the relationship between climate change and the California Coastal Act.
• The Coastal Commission is addressing how to incorporate GHG mitigation requests into permit conditions within large projects before the Commission.
• The Commission has actively participated on the Coastal States Organization Climate Change Work Group, which developed a report: "The Role of Coastal Zone Management Programs in Adaptation to Climate Change."

• Developing Climate Change Grant Assessment Criteria for project design - Wetland restoration projects and public access projects (California Coastal Trail and the San Francisco Bay Trail) take into account sea level rise in their design and implementation.
• Reduction of the Conservancy's overall carbon footprint - The Conservancy has joined the California Climate Registry and is working to reduce its organizational footprint.
• Improve planning for future climate impacts to land and water management efforts - The Conservancy will attempt to incorporate climate impacts to habitation when planning restoration and enhancement efforts. The Conservancy is also interested in the "Permanent protection or restoration of important habitat corridors affecting significant populations of various species" as an important measure of success. The Conservancy will assess both land and freshwater species.

• Reducing California Conservation Corps (CCC) Carbon Footprint - CCC is implementing a number of programs to reduce its carbon footprint such as developing a modified project selection criteria based on GHG emissions, promoting a more environmentally-friendly labor force by increasing spikes (work from mobile camps) to project work sites to reduce vehicle mileage and maximize time on tasks, and increase fleet vehicle use.
• Developing Demonstration Projects that sequester carbon and reduce energy and water use - CCC will provide the labor force to help one or more departments within Resources Agency to accomplish their climate action pilot and demonstration projects. Developing and implementing these projects through the use of California's young women and men is beneficial not only to the youth of the state by providing them with educational and work opportunities, but also is beneficial to the state's economy and its environment. CCC corpsmembers will also engage in additional urban and wildland forestry projects, such as tree planting and fuel reduction activities.
• Climate Education - CCC will foster climate action awareness through highly visible project work and public education strategies.

• Carbon sequestration projects such as the Rice Straw Utilization Program
• Promoting energy and water use efficiency to reduce emissions
• Development and support for biofuels
• Conversion of dairy manure to fuel, lowering global warming from dairy waste
• Reducing use of petrochemical-based pesticides and fertilizers that produce greenhouse gas emissions

• Reducing CAL FIRE's carbon footprint - CAL FIRE is actively evaluating the carbon impact of all departmental operations as a participant in the Climate Change Registry and as a Resources Agency-wide effort.
• CAL FIRE is an active member of the CAT Forest and Land-Use Sector Groups.
• CAL FIRE helped develop the original forest carbon protocols that were recently adopted by the Air Resources Board and is actively developing new protocols on public lands, urban forestry, and working forests.
• CAL FIRE helped develop the climate strategy for the Forestry CAT in 2006 that included detailed descriptions on Reforestation/Afforestation, Forest Conservation, Forest Management, Urban Forestry, and Fuels Reduction/Biomass Production
• CAL FIRE is involved with several current programs that improve the ability of our forests to adapt to the projected impacts of climate change in California. Those programs include the California Forest Improvement Program (CFIP), the Vegetation Management Program, the Nursery and Seed Bank Program, the Urban Forestry Program, the Forest Legacy Program, and Fuel Hazard Reduction. Examples of the current efforts include:
• The Department is providing Proposition 40 funds and technical assistance for fuel hazard treatments in fifteen counties in the Sierra Nevada. Other fuel hazard reduction projects are being implemented on a statewide basis using the Vegetation Management Program. Fuel hazard reduction projects thin existing tree numbers and remove competing understory vegetation such as brush. The removal of this material reduces the risk of uncharacteristically large fires and also improves forest health by reducing competition among the remaining trees for water, light and nutrients. Healthier forests sequester carbon faster and can better tolerate hotter, drier conditions.
• The Department maintains the state's forest tree nurseries and seed bank. Operation of these facilities assures the availability of genetically diverse seeds and seedlings that will be well suited to the planting sites and climatic conditions as they change.
• As a result of the Angora Fire, the Governor established the Lake Tahoe Commission. One of the charges of this body was to consider climate change in future forest management. Restoration efforts following this fire are designed with climate change in mind. Reforestation of the burned area has been modified to include the planting of trees propagated from seed that was collected from areas with a variety of local climate regimes. The success of these seedlings will be monitored to see if there is a greater degree of survival of seedlings coming from locations with a differing climate.
• The Department's Urban Forestry Program supports urban tree planting, management, and utilization through grants and technical assistance. As the strategically planted trees under this program mature, they provide shade to buildings thus reducing the use of energy for cooling as well as having other co-benefits such as reducing impacts from storm water run-off. Later as the trees are pruned or replaced they provide biomass as a resource for the production of energy. Both of these benefits are not only mitigation to climate change but assist in urban adaptation to a warmer climate.

The California Energy Commission (Energy Commission) has played an important role since 1988 in coordinating state activities addressing climate change.

• The Energy Commission is actively involved in a number of activities supporting implementation of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32) and other climate activities. Most of the ongoing responsibilities achieve reductions in greenhouse emissions through energy efficiency, renewable energy and alternative transportation fuel programs.
• Serving on the Climate Action Team (CAT) - Energy Commission leads the CAT Land Use and Local Government (LUSCAT) sector group and participates on 11 CAT subgroups responsible for developing action items that will result in quantifiable greenhouse gas emission reductions.
• Conducted a joint proceeding with the CPUC on AB 32 implementation in the electric sector and made joint recommendation to the ARB in February 2008 (currently out for comments until March 13th).
• Conducting scientific research on climate change through the Public Interest Energy Research Program (PIER) and the California Climate Change Center.
• Developing Climate Research, Development, Demonstration and Deployment Road Map with the Air Resources Board and other state agencies to achieve greenhouse gas emission reduction goals and support adaptation goals.
• Providing technical support to the California Climate Action Registry in developing greenhouse gas emission protocols, qualifying third party organizations to provide technical assistance and certification of emissions baselines and inventories.
• Supporting Air Resources Board's statewide greenhouse gas emissions inventory for updates and accuracy.
• Participating in the working groups of the Western Climate Initiative to identify, evaluate and implement collective and cooperative ways to reduce greenhouse gases in the West (including portions of Canada and Mexico).
• Providing policy guidance and monitoring international, national and regional developments and activities impacting clean energy and climate change issues.

• Leading development of a broad climate change research plan for California
• Developing super low-emitting generation (e.g. fuel cells) technologies
• Conducting research and demonstrating energy efficiency technologies
• Improving understanding of climate change implications including impacts and costs as well as possible adaptation and mitigation measures
• Developing methods to track greenhouse gas emissions and identify emissions resulting from the use of electricity

Improving climate science - CALFED has a strong science program that assists in narrowing uncertainty in climate impacts so the best information is available on water issues to policy-makers. For example, the CALFED Independent Science Board (ISB) recently prepared a memo recommending which sea level rise projections are most appropriate for ongoing Delta planning. In addition, the CALFED Science Program has funded an effort to develop and apply a model-based approach for evaluating plausible future scenarios of the Bay-Delta-River-Watershed system. The outcome will be a robust strategic planning tool vital to CALFED agency managers and decision-makers facing the challenge of meeting Delta resource management goals in a continually changing world.

• Recycling programs that avoid emissions from the energy-intensive processing of virgin raw materials such as the State Agency Buy Recycled Campaign, assistance to businesses and local government in recycling, web-based recycled content database
• Landfill gas collection which captures landfill methane emissions for reuse as an energy source
• Sustainable building activities which prevent emissions through reducing energy requirements

• Coordinating Ocean Impacts - The Ocean Protection Council (OPC) is looking to establish policies that will (1) guide those agencies responsible for ocean protection and (2) help coordinate the state's efforts to adapt to the ocean impacts of climate change.
• Sea level rise impact assessments - The OPC is working to determine potential impacts along the coast due to sea level rise, including impacts to public infrastructure. The OPC has approved funding to look at shoreline response along part of the coast.

Climate change is being addressed in a number of forums at the CPUC and is generally supported by the multi-agency Energy Action Plan's commitment to minimizing the energy sector's impact on climate change. The Renewable Portfolio Standards docket (R.04-04-026) will deliver emissions reductions in support of climate change mitigation strategies but is not presently scoped to yield those benefits as a first priority.

• Long-Term Electricity Planning - the "carbon risk adder" (CPUC docket # R.04-04-003; D.04-12-048)

Under a new approach to the evaluation of fossil generation in general procurement, the IOUs will add to each bid a dollar value (ranging from $8 to $25) per ton reflecting the amount of CO2 that would be emitted by a generating unit under the terms of a contract. This adder represents an estimate of the likely future cost of purchasing CO2 offsets to comply with future mitigation regulations. By internalizing this risk into the evaluation of fossil bids, the analysis will favor renewable and demand-side options and thereby reduce the output of CO2 associated with meeting California's electricity needs.

• Utility Avoided Cost Modeling (CPUC docket # R.04-04-025)

In the CPUC's ongoing Avoided Cost proceeding, parties and consultants are developing a methodology that will establish a fixed value for avoided externalities including CO2 and other greenhouse gases (GHGs). Per D.04-12-048, when finalized and adopted by the Commission, these values will replace the range of CO2 values discussed above, and will be employed by the IOUs in future resource planning and procurement to capture the risks associated with all GHGs. Staff presently anticipates that this analysis will be completed in March of 2005, but the proceeding may be delayed by other matters.

• Emissions Avoided through Energy Efficiency (CPUC docket # R.01-08-028)

An Administrative Law Judge Ruling sent out on August 31, 2004, proposed that the CPUC: 1) estimate GHG emissions reductions associated with energy savings from EE programs, and 2) require that EE implementers inform large customers about the California Climate Action Registry so they can begin to establish their emissions baseline. The Administrative Law Judge is expected to begin focusing on this aspect of the docket in the next several months. Ruling is posted at: http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/word_pdf/RULINGS/39428.doc (MS Word file).

• February 23, 2005, Climate Change En Banc (no docket)

Held a climate change en banc with the California Energy Commission on February 23, 2005, on the issue of climate change as it relates to all regulated utilities (energy, telecommunications, water, transportation). The en banc brings together preeminent leaders and experts from the business, financial, investor, and academic communities who are addressing climate change, and will move "beyond energy procurement" in identifying industry best practices. This meeting and subsequent steps will help identify key opportunities for the utilities to lead on this issue and to initiate efforts that will benefit the California economy, businesses, and consumers now and in the years to come. (See events page for details of hearing)

• Integrated IOU Incentives to Encourage Preferred Resources - the "SkyTrust" proposal and March 7-9, 2005, workshops (CPUC docket # R.04-04-003)

The long-term planning proceeding will consider a staff proposal known as the "SkyTrust model," which would establish annual limits on the emissions of GHGs, and create an auction process for the distribution of rights to emit GHGs up to those limits. Revenue generated by this auction would be "recycled" into funds supporting preferred resources such as energy efficiency and renewable generation. Staff will hold a party workshop March 7-9 to discuss this and alternative approaches to GHG mitigation and IOU procurement incentives, with a CPUC-endorsed goal of implementing a framework by the end of 2006.

The California Resources Agency is providing leadership in promoting and implementing climate policies across the state through its 25 departments, commissions, boards and conservancies, through the Governor's Climate Action Team efforts, and through engagement in national and international climate policy dialogues. These efforts range from working to reduce the Resource Agency's overall carbon footprint, to setting state climate policy direction through the development of a state climate adaptation strategy, to representing California in the recent U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change Convention in Indonesia.

In 2008, a central focus of the Resources Agency will be in developing a climate adaptation strategy (CAS) for the state that will begin to address how California can and should prepare for short, medium, and long-term risks from expected climate impacts. Mitigating carbon emissions has and should be a central focus of California climate policies, but helping California adapt to known climate impacts will need to be on equal footing to address climate risks to the state's resources.

The Resources Agency is:

• Developing a State Climate Adaptation Strategy - Resources Agency is currently in the process of developing a climate adaptation strategy for California that will provide an update on the expected climate risks to California, prioritize solutions to addressing these risks, and develop an implementation plan for the state in minimizing risks. This effort will be coordinated with the Climate Action Team and among many stakeholders across the state to be completed by early 2009.
• Reducing Resources Agency's Carbon footprint - Resources Agency has registered with the California Climate Action Registry and is in the process of accounting for all Resources-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. At the same time, the Agency is working with all of its departments, commissions, boards, and conservancies to reduce its overall carbon footprint in internal operations, project activities, and amongst its grantees and contractors when possible.
• Leading the Forestry Climate Action Team Scoping Group - Resources Agency has been Chairing the Forestry Climate Action Team (FCAT) sector group that has focused on developing a forest sector strategy for the Scoping Plan, revising the state's greenhouse gas inventory for the forests, developing new forest protocols, discussing offsets, and the climate adaptation strategy for the forest sector.
• Revision of CEQA Guidelines to address greenhouse gas mitigation and adaptation - Under Senate Bill 97, Resources Agency is working with the Governor's Office of Planning and Research to develop Technical Guidelines for how GHG's should be considered in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). It is planned this effort will be completed by 2010.
• Providing Climate Policy Coordination and Leadership within Resources Agency Resources has monthly "Climate Leaders" meetings with the Lead Climate person within each Resources organization to discuss recent happenings on climate-related topics.
• Revision of bond-money grant guidelines to incorporate climate change - Resources is developing climate change grant criteria for several programs within Resources Agency to begin to track the carbon emissions and sequestration from Resources programs.
• Initiation of a forestry sub-group as part of the Western Climate Initiative - A forestry sub-group is being initiated with Washington and Oregon within the Western Climate Initiative to address how forestry would be included as an offset in a cap and trade system.
• Partnership with Coastal States Organization (CSO) - Resources Agency chairs the CSO where the Chair's Initiative proposes that coastal Climate change be one of the three top priorities of the CSO. The organization has adopted the Adaptation to Climate Change Policy to better coordinate state and national efforts. The Coastal States Stewardship Foundation, in collaboration with the Coastal States Organization, is creating the Coastal States Campaign to Adapt to Climate Change.
• West Coast Governors' Agreement on Ocean Health - Part of the recommendations from the West Coast Governor's Agreement on Ocean Health Action Plan will be to address Climate Change adaptation by conducting a West Coast wide assessment of anticipated impacts of climate change over the next several decades and setting a plan for how to adapt to such changes.

• Non-vehicular energy conservation savings, such as the Light Emitting Diode(LED) Traffic Signal Upgrade Project
• Greening the Fleet initiative to reduce emissions from the state fleet of vehicles
• Reduce on-road emissions through community planning, increasing transit ridership, and vehicle occupancy, minimizing travel demand and maximizing traffic efficiency

• California Climate Action Registry member - DOC registered as a member of the California Climate Action Registry and will report our required emissions for CY 2007 2008 and complete an independent verification by December 2008.
• Pioneering Reporting on Optional Emission Sources: DOC is working with The Climate Registry and several of its members in devising documentation procedures for several emission sources, such as work travel in personal vehicles and rental cars, that are currently not required but strongly encouraged.
• Revising grant guidelines and criteria to incorporate climate change - Both the Division of Recycling and the Division of Land Resource Protection have revised their grant programs to include GHG as a means to encourage and support lower emitting projects.
• Serving on several Climate Action Team (CAT) Subcommittees: DOC participates on the following CAT subcommittees: Land Use, Recycling and Waste, Agriculture, Water, Energy and Economic.
• Assessment and Recommendations on Sequestration: DOC's Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources is working with the California Energy Commission and other state and federal agencies, as mandated by AB 1925. We are helping assess the technical and economic feasibility of carbon sequestration in California.
• Established a Department-wide Climate Action Team (CoolCATS): Consisting of representatives from each Division, this team will measure DOC's carbon footprint and research and identify meaningful and feasible strategies to reduce DOC's carbon footprint.
• Sustainability Education: Each division within DOC is systematically educating their staff on the principles of sustainability. The Division of Recycling has a special task force that is preparing and will implement training to in

• Implementing California's Wildlife Action Plan - the WAP identifies climate change as one of DFG's four primary stressors affecting wildlife (along with growth and development, water management conflicts, and invasive species) and makes recommendations to incorporate climate change science in our restoration work.
• Providing climate leadership through personnel additions - DFG hired a climate advisor (Amber Pairis, Ph.D.) in February 2008 to act as its lead climate coordinator to guide its work to reduce the impacts on species. Dr. Pairis comes to DFG from the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies in Washington, DC where she has served as the lead on climate change and wildlife at the national level.
• DFG has taken a lead among the state fish and wildlife agencies to begin to address the uncertainty associated with a changing climate through landscape scale efforts that support managing robust populations and healthy habitats - the best insurance in an unpredictable future. The Department also has many targeted efforts underway focused at climate change research, monitoring and other more specific actions.
• Director's Task Force: A Task Force has been created to provide the leadership to reduce or mitigate the production of greenhouse gases by the Department, and to prepare for the current and future harmful impacts of climate change on California's natural resources through policy and meaningful action.
• Convening Stakeholders: Partners from the NGO community, academia, state and federal agencies will be participating in a meeting sponsored by the Department of Fish and Game in March. This stakeholder group will provide direct input to the Director's Task Force as well as maintaining and increasing communication and collaboration among stakeholders and Department of Fish and Game.
• Website: A website will be released soon that will serve as both a resource to Department employees as well as a message to the public and partners about the Department of Fish and Game's commitment to addressing the challenges of a changing climate in all of its endeavors.
• DFG is evaluating the carbon impact of all departmental operations as part of the Climate Change Registry and as a Resources Agency-wide effort.
• DFG is an active participant with the Resources Agency on the forestry, land-use and water, energy and transportation Climate Action Team (CAT) sub groups advising the state on factors relating to adaptation and mitigation for climate change effects on wildlife and natural resources.
• Along with State Parks, CAL FIRE and other Resources Agency departments, DFG is working with the Biodiversity Council to build a comprehensive library of published literature, popular articles, and other information on climate change effects that will be made available to the public. DFG has also developed complementary data and enhanced our close collaboration with sister state agencies to help inform decisions ranging from levee placement to park management to highway interchange placement.
• DFG staff represents wildlife interests on the climate action working group of the Western Governor's Association and the Climate Change subcommittee for the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

• Develop and implement energy savings strategies such as the Better Buildings Program, ensuring energy savings in state building projects and schools
• The Office of Fleet Administration's (OFA) Alternative Fuel Vehicle (AFV) Program assists state agencies in meeting federal AFV purchasing requirements, which helps reduce dependence on foreign oil. The DGS/OFA vehicle purchase policy requires gasoline vehicles purchased for the state fleet to meet the Air Resources Board ultra low-emission vehicle standard.
• Use of recycled products in the construction and maintenance of state buildings
• Real-time monitoring of energy use in state facilities to foster conservation efforts

• Developing a DWR Renewable Resources Policy - DWR is developing a policy that would meet the intent of State's Renewable Portfolio Standards by establishment of a goal under which a percentage of load would be met by use of renewable resources. DWR will develop the policy considering its existing demands in managing water resources for the state with meeting the state's RPS and climate policy goals.
• Registered as a California Climate Action Registry member - DWR will report its 2007 emissions from the State Water Project and DWR owned facilities by June 2008, and complete an independent verification by December 2008.
• State Water Project Energy Efficiency Improvements - DWR is refurbishing generating and pumping units to increase their efficiency. Over $80 million has been spent to date on these efforts.
• Promoting combined-cycle plants and renewable resources - DWR is investigating options to invest in combined-cycle plants and is currently installing a second small hydroelectric generator at Alamo Powerplant.
• DWR is developing an adaptation plan for the state's water resources within the State Water Plan effort.
• DWR is a co-Leader and actively participants in the CAT Water and Energy Scoping Group.
• Actively pursuing projects and research that promote carbon sequestration on DWR lands.

• Held Renewable Energy Forums to facilitate the goal of increasing renewable energy for all of California's energy needs
• Interagency Task Force on Green Accounting to provide finance and accounting procedures for using life-cycle analysis for state projects
• Work on a "Renewable Grid Connected Generation Plan" which works to support the financial potential of the Governor's Renewable Portfolio Standard

• Development of a climate strategy for addressing climate change in the Bay and to identify any changes that would be needed in state law so that San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) can play a productive role in implementing such a strategy.
• Preparation of illustrative maps showing climate impacts from a one-meter rise in the level of the Bay - results showed this could flood over 200 square miles of land and development around the Bay. BCDC is working in partnership with the Pacific Institute, with financial support from Caltrans, to determine the value of the development threatened with inundation. Initial estimates indicate that over $100 billion worth of public and private development could be at risk.
• Applying climate risk assessments and criteria into grant and permitting requirements.

• Reducing Sierra Nevada Conservancy's (SNC) Carbon Footprint - SNC is promoting a number of activities to reduce its carbon footprint such as increased use of web conferencing, increased use of hybrid vehicles, recycling, and other activities.
• Start of a Sierra Climate Team - SNC is starting a Sierra Climate Action team that will meet the needs of the Sierra Nevada community in addressing state climate mitigation and adaptation efforts.
• Inclusion of climate change criteria into land acquisition programs.

• Inclusion of GHG emissions from leasees in environmental impact reports (EIRs) - The Commission is requiring greenhouse gas reports for leases involving major projects. For projects that completed their EIRs before AB 32, the Commission is requiring a supplemental report on greenhouse gases. For example, a supplemental greenhouse gas report was produced for the Poseidon desalination project since the EIR was completed before passage of AB 32.
• Sea Level Rise Planning - The Commission is requiring that oil terminals be modified so that they can accommodate anticipated sea level rise over the life of the terminal. The Commission is beginning to consider the effects rising sea levels will have on the mean high tide line and, consequently, State Lands' jurisdiction.

• Gather ambient water quality data to assist in planning responses to changes in climate and water resources through the Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program
• Provide access to water supply and quality information to the public for planning and adaptation to global warming scenarios through the System for Water Information Management

• UC Berkeley: Studying the effects of warming on ecosystem processes and biodiversity; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab work on efficiency improvements
• UC Davis: Study of regional ecosystem response to actual or predicted climate change; grant to study soil carbon storage
• UC Irvine: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics addresses questions of global environmental change affecting the atmosphere, ocean, and land; the Center for Global Environmental Change and Research involving the chemistry and composition of the atmosphere, biogeochemical cycles, and the dynamics of oceans, atmosphere, and climate
• UCLA: The Center for Earth Systems Research studies the physics and biogeochemisty of the earth's atmosphere, cryosphere, and oceans; developing, testing and applying a comprehensive model for the Earth's climate that considers human-induced changes; research into the economics of climate change such as impacts of global warming on global trade, costs and benefits of mitigation strategies; grant to study attitudes toward climate policy
• UC Riverside: The Center for Environmental Research and Technology focuses on sustainability, evaluation of trade-offs between different environmental and economic priorities, renewable fuels, measurement of atmospheric chemistry, and environmental policy analysis
• UC San Diego: Scripps Institute of Oceanography is conducting climate-related research on the prediction of climate variability and understanding consequences of increases in the greenhouse effect; project on water storage
• UC Santa Barbara: Studies on coastal marine productivity during abrupt climate changes; regional climate change assessment for California
• UC Santa Cruz: The Earth System Modeling Laboratory investigates the past, present, and future climates of California

For more information on the role of the UCs in Global Warming Research, please download this fact sheet (Acrobat PDF, 796 kb, 2/07).