Integrating Climate Change Assessment Tool into Stakeholder-Driven Water Management Decision-Making Processes in California

The document highlights a gap between the scientific consensus on climate change's potential to alter California's hydrologic patterns and the actual integration of such analysis into water management planning. It introduces an integrated hydrology/water management climate change impact assessment framework designed to identify tradeoffs in ecosystem services and evaluate adaptation strategies. Using a '3S' standard (Sensitivity, Significance, and Stakeholder support), the authors rank decision-making processes to identify the three most critical areas where this analytical framework could transition climate research from academia to policy making.

• Despite the potential for climate change to significantly alter California's hydrologic patterns in the 21st century, water management decision-making processes in the state have not yet fully integrated climate change analysis into their planning dialogues.
• An analysis of decision-making processes using the '3S' standard (Sensitivity, Significance, and Stakeholder support) indicates that while climate change is a critical factor for water-related decisions in California, it is generally not considered in an analytical capacity.
• The authors developed an integrated hydrology/water management climate change impact assessment framework to evaluate adaptation strategies and identify tradeoffs regarding ecosystem services provided by the California water system.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2006). Integrating Climate Change Assessment Tool into Stakeholder-Driven Water Management Decision-Making Processes in California. https://www.sei.org/publications/integrating-climate-change-assessment-tool-stakeholder-driven-water-management-decision-making-processes-california/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Integrating Climate Change Assessment Tool into Stakeholder-Driven Water Management Decision-Making Processes in California. 2006. https://www.sei.org/publications/integrating-climate-change-assessment-tool-stakeholder-driven-water-management-decision-making-processes-california/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2006integrating, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Integrating Climate Change Assessment Tool into Stakeholder-Driven Water Management Decision-Making Processes in California}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2006}, month = oct, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/integrating-climate-change-assessment-tool-stakeholder-driven-water-management-decision-making-processes-california/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }