California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment
California is a global leader in using, investing in, and advancing research to set proactive climate change policy, and its Climate Change Assessments provide the scientific foundation for understanding climate-related vulnerability. Dr. Charles Colgan, Director of Research at the Center for the Blue Economy, is a co-lead author of: “California’s Coast and Ocean Summary Report.”
California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment advances actionable science that serves the growing needs of state and local-level decision-makers from a variety of sectors. The Ocean and Coast Communities Summary Report is part of a series of 12 assessments to support climate action by providing an overview of climate-related risks and adaptation strategies tailored to specific regions and themes. Produced as part of California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment and as part of a pro bono initiative by leading climate experts, these summary reports translate the state of climate science into useful information for decision-makers and practitioners to catalyze action that will benefit regions, the coast and ocean frontline communities, and tribal communities.
The Center for the Blue Economy is proud to have Dr. Charles Colgan, Director of Research, as co-author on the Ocean and Coast Summary.
For More Information
Read more: California’s Coast and Ocean Summary Report
See the full Report: California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment