Climate Change Resources

CDFW does not endorse any specific resources. These links are for informational purposes only. Resources listed below are not an exhaustive list but rather a sampling of existing information. Additional climate change resources can be found on our Partners page.

Selection of California Climate Change Resources

• California Department of Public Health
  • Climate Action for Health: Integrating Public Health into Climate Action Planning (PDF)
• Climate Change FAQ’s
• California Climate Change Portal
  • Our Changing Climate 2012 Vulnerability & Adaptation to the Increasing Risks from Climate Change in California - Brochure
  • Reports from the Third Assessment from the California Climate Change Center
  • California Climate Adaptation Planning Guide
  • California Climate Change Research Catalog
• California Energy Commission
  • Climate and Sea Level Rise Scenarios for California Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment. A White Paper from the California Energy Commission’s California Climate Change Center (PDF)
• California Natural Resources Agency
  • Climate Adaptation web page
• Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
  • Climate Change: Just the Facts
• PRBO Conservation Science
  • Projected Effects of Climate Change in California: Ecoregional Summaries Emphasizing Consequences for Wildlife. Version 1.0 (PDF)
• Natural Resources Defense Council
  • Climate Change Health Threats in California
• National Research Council
  • Sea-Level Rise for the Coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington: Past, Present, and Future
• University of California, California Climate Change
• Pacific Coast Collaborative
  • Climate Change
  • Ocean Conservation

Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation

• CDFW's Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Resources Center
• Unity-Integration-Action: CDFW’s Vision for Confronting Climate Change in California (PDF)
• 2009 California Climate Adaptation Strategy (PDF)
• National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy
• California Bird Species of Special Concern-climate vulnerability
• Climate Change Vulnerability Index for Rare Plants (PDF)
• National Wildlife Federation
  • Moving the Conservation Goalposts: A Review of Climate Change Adaptation literature (PDF)
  • Scanning the Conservation Horizon: A Guide to Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (PDF)
• Presentation by PRBO Conservation Science: “Climate Change and Adaptation: Nature-based Solutions for Wildlife and People” (PDF)
• San Diego Bay Sea Level Rise Adaptation Strategy
• Responding to Climate Change in National Forests: A Guidebook for Developing Adaptation Options (PDF)
• Multi-Sector Climate Change Adaptation Planning-WAFWA Committee Report (PDF)
• Climate Change Adaptation Research for Fish, Wildlife, and Plants in California – Feb2012 (PDF)
• CAKE: Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange

Climate Change Web Tools

• Cal-Adapt California Climate Change
• The Nature Conservancy Climate Wizard
• San Francisco Bay Sea-Level Rise web tool
• Nature Serve Climate Change Vulnerability Index
• U.S. Forest Service: Assessing a Species Vulnerability to Climate Change (SAVS)

Climate Change-Ocean Acidification

• Ocean Acidification: A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean
• Environmental Protection Agency: Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT)
• Ecosystem-based Management Tools Network (search climate change)
• California Current Acidification Network
• Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary – Advisory Report on Ocean Acidification (PDF)
• Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary – Ocean Acidification
  • Useful Links
  • Science Education

Climate Change Projections and Impacts (Overview)

• National Wildlife Federation: Warmer winters put America's hunting and fishing heritage at risk
• Climate Literacy: The essential principles of climate science (PDF)
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  • IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007 (AR4)
• PEW Center
  • Climate Change 101: Science and Impacts (PDF)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Fisheries & Aquaculture Department: Variability and Climate Change
• Cooperative Institute on Marine Ecosystems and Climate (CIMEC)
• NOAA Climate Services
• United States Global Research Climate Change Program
• National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center
• Climate Science Centers
• Journal Articles on Ecosystem Services
• Seasons End: Global Warming's Threat to Hunting and Fishing
• Climate Change Bibliography (PDF)