Preparing the Coast of California for Sea Level Rise: Science-based Policy and Guidance
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The Ocean Protection Council leads California’s coastal resilience efforts by translating cutting edge science into applicable policy and guidance.
Preparing the Coast of California for Sea Level Rise: Science-based Policy and Guidance
Speaker: Ella McDougall, Climate Change Program Manager at the Ocean Protection Council
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
6:00pm to 7:00pm Pacific Time
Online via Zoom (details below)
About the Topic
The Ocean Protection Council (OPC) leads California’s coastal resilience efforts by translating cutting edge science into applicable policy and guidance. This helps local governments, practitioners, and managers understand and implement best practices for adapting to Sea Level Rise (SLR). OPC is involved in two ongoing projects that exemplify this work. The first is the State Agency Sea-Level Rise Action Plan, a collaborative roadmap that outlines how California state agencies will work together to prepare our coastlines for SLR and its associated impacts. The second is the updated State of California SLR Technical Guidance, to be released in 2023. Based on new scientific findings on SLR projections, OPC is working with the Ocean Science Trust and a team of scientific advisors to downscale climate and SLR models for the California coast to update water height and sunny day flooding projections. The Guidance will also include updated priorities and strategies for adaptation planning.
About the Speaker
Ella McDougall is the Climate Change Program Manager at the Ocean Protection Council. Her work focuses on preparing the coast of California for the impacts of SLR through policy, guidance, and project implementation. In this role, she facilitates the California Sea Level Rise Leadership Team and leads the development and implementation of the State Agency Sea Level Rise Action Plan for California. In 2020, Ella was a Sea Grant Fellow with the Climate Ready Program at the State Coastal Conservancy. Previously located in the Monterey Bay area, Ella worked as a Climate Analyst at the City of Santa Cruz while studying Ocean and Coastal Resource Management at the Middlebury Institute for International Studies.
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