Public Comments Wanted: Delta ISB Emerging Climate Research Symposium

Public Comments Wanted:

Delta ISB Emerging Climate Research Symposium

The Delta Independent Science Board is planning to host a symposium in early 2025 that explores the 1) current climate projections for California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and related uncertainties; and 2) how organizations in the region are incorporating climate change into their decision making. The goal of the symposium is to increase the understanding among Delta ISB members, researchers, practitioners, and affected parties about the latest climate science. The Delta ISB will accept comments on the draft prospectus until November 19, 2024 at 12:00 PM and welcomes your ideas on the scope of the symposium and ideas for speakers.

You can email comments to disb@deltacouncil.ca.gov or mail them to the following address.

Delta Independent Science Board

715 P Street, 15-300

Sacramento, CA 95814

Oral comments are also welcome at the Delta ISB’s virtual meeting on November 8, 2024. More information about this meeting is available on the Delta ISB meetings web page.

READ THE DRAFT PROSPECTUS

Climate research matters.

As global climate change intensifies, heavily altered and engineered landscapes around the world are beginning to face increasing stressors and shocks that threaten their stability and functionality. Coastal areas are predicted to be particularly affected by climate change impacts of sea level rise and storm surge, intense rainfall, flooding, and severe storms. California, a state that already experiences significant hydrometeorological variability, could be faced with increasing risks of mega-floods due to atmospheric rivers, less snow, extreme droughts, and warmer ocean temperatures.

What is the role of the Delta ISB?

The Delta ISB advises the Delta Stewardship Council and provides oversight of the scientific research, monitoring, and assessment programs in the Delta through periodic reviews. Recently, the Delta ISB has completed reviews on the final Environmental Impact Report for the Delta Conveyance Project and on food-webs .

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Delta Independent Science Board

715 P Street, 15-300

Sacramento, CA 95814

deltacouncil.ca.gov

Business Hours:

8:00 AM-

5:00 PM

(916) 445-5511