Climate Change Activities

• Unity, Integration, and Action: CDFW's Vision for Confronting Climate Change in California
• Climate Change Program Activities / Updates
• Native Plants and Climate Change

CDFW: Climate Change Collaborative Efforts and Products

• National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy released on www.wildlifeadaptationstrategy.gov
  • Press Release
• Climate Change and California's Wildlife Action Plan Update
• CDFW is proud to support the National Adaptation Forum
• CDFW's Climate Change Stakeholder Group
• 2009 California Climate Adaptation Strategy (PDF)
• Marine Protected Areas
• Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies; Voluntary Guidance for States to Incorporate Climate Change into SWAP (PDF)
• WAFWA Report: Multi-Sector Climate Change Adaptation Planning (PDF)
• Stakeholder Working Group: Confronting the Challenge: CDFW's role in addressing Climate Change (PDF)
• Workshops and Conferences
  • Extreme Climate Workshop: Vulnerability and Adaptation to Extreme Events in California in the Context of a Changing Climate
  • Ocean Acidification-Shellfish II Workshop July 2011
  • WAFWA Director's Forum on Climate Change 2011 (PDF)
  • Marine Region hosts symposium on Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia at CalCOFI conference December 6-8 2010
  • Stakeholder Working Group “Bridging the Gap: Downscaling Climate Models to Inform Management Actions” WORKSHOP • Nov. 3, 2010
  • California World Oceans conference on “Fisheries Management and Ocean Acidification September 2010
  • Ocean Acidification Effects on Shellfish Workshop: Findings and Recommendations July 2010
  • CDFW Climate Change Stakeholders Meeting September 3, 2009
  • Workshop: Climate Change and California's Wildlife Action Plan June 13, 2008 (PDF)
  • CDFW & CEC-PIER Seminar on Climate Change and Ecological Resources in California June 2008
    • Announcement (PDF)
    • Seminar Agenda (PDF)
    • WebEx Seminar Recording

CDFW: Publications and Tools for Adaptation Planning & Response

• California Bird Species of Special Concern-climate vulnerability
• Projected Effects of Climate Change in California: Ecoregional Summaries Emphasizing Consequences for Wildlife (PDF)
• Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Rare Plants (PDF)
• Areas of Conservation Emphasis Mapping and Modeling Tool (ACE II)
• California Essential Habitat Connectivity Project
• California Wildlife Action Plan
• CDFW's land acquisition policy with climate considerations
• CDFW climate change related research – Aug2011 (PDF)
• California CDFW Climate Change Research Needs – Feb2012 (PDF)

CDFW: National, Regional, and Local Coordination

• National Conservation Training Center: Climate Academy Training Announcement (PDF)
• Steering Committee for the National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy
• Co-Chair AFWA Climate Committee
• Chair WAFWA Climate Change Committee
• Participation in Western Governors' Association
• Steering Committee for Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs);
  CDFW is actively engaged in the development of LCCs throughout California, and is devoted to working together to support the dissemination of climate change research and make vital connections to on-the-ground conservation and natural resources management. Currently, CDFW participates on the steering committees of the following LCCs:
  • California LCC
  • Desert LCC
  • Great Basin LCC
  • North Pacific LCC
• Member California Climate Action Team (CAT)
  • Lead on CAT Biodiversity Work Group
  • Participant on other CAT subgroups
• California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI)
• Bay Area Ecosystems Climate Change Consortium
• Pika Consortium
• National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center
• Southwest Climate Science Center
• Southwest Climate Alliance