• Progress on Incorporating Climate Change into Management of California's Water Resources (appears in Journal of Climatic Change, Special Issue 2008)
• "A Half Century of Watching California Floods" appears on page 16 of DWR News People Summer 2007. The essay by the State‘s former Chief Hydrologist Maury Roos was originally a speech he made at the California Extreme Precipitation Symposium held in April 2007 in Sacramento.
• At the June 21, 2007, California Air Resources Board (CARB) meeting in Los Angeles, John Andrew, DWR’s Executive Manager for Climate Change Activities, addressed the Board on the topic of the Department’s ongoing and planned efforts to mitigate for and adapt to climate change as it relates to both water and flood management. Andrew’s comments to the Board summarized the contents of a memo to CARB Chairman Dr. Robert Sawyer from DWR Director Lester Snow.
• Adapting California’s water management systems to climate change presents one of the most significant challenges for the 21st century. Read the Climate Change Fact Sheet   Cambio Climatico en California
• In order to reduce its contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, DWR announces it will not renew its coal power contract. DWR operates the State Water Project, which delivers water to 23 million people. The State Water Project is the single largest consumer of electricity in the state.   Letter to NPC
• Governor’s Newsweek Interview -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger featured on the cover of the April 16, 2007 issue of Newsweek, and was interviewed for a feature article on climate change policy by Karen Breslau.
• Letter to Senator Perata -- DWR Director Lester Snow reports on Department’s progress in achieving goals of Governor’s climate change initiative.

• Colorado River at Lee Ferry -- Tree-Ring Data Poster (17" x 11" - 2MB jpg)
• Lester Snow Presentation on Climate Change -- Presentation used by Director Snow at the San Francisco Public Utility Commission’s Climate Change Summit in San Francisco, January 31, 2007.

CALFED Science Conference, October 25, 2006, Sacramento, CA.

• California Climate Change: A Historical Perspective Presented by Michael Anderson, Ph.D., P.E.
• Preliminary Climate Change Impacts Assessment for SWP and CVP Operations Presented by Daniel Easton, P.E.
• Preliminary Climate Change Impacts Assessment for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Presented by Jamie Anderson
• Climate Change Impacts on Evapotranspiration by Roy Peterson, Ph.D.

• Climate Change and California Water Management Challenges Presented by Kamyar Guivetchi on May 12, 2006 at the Texas Water Matters, Water and Global Warming, 6th Annual Conference, Austin, TX.
• "Climate Change: Water Wise" -- Video features NOAA - Science on a Sphere. [video]

Reports:

• Progress on Incorporating Climate Change into Management of California's Water Resources (July 2006)

California Water Plan Update 2005:

• From Volume 1 Strategic Plan, Chapter 4 Preparing for an Uncertain Future
• From Volume 1 Strategic Plan, Chapter 5 Implementation Plan, policy recommendation concerning climate change
• From Volume 4 Reference Guide, Climate Change and California Water Resources: A Survey and Summary of the Literature (by Michael Kiparsky and Peter H. Gleick, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security)
• From Volume 4 Reference Guide, Accounting For Climate Change (by Maurice Roos, DWR)

• Proceedings of the Western Governors' Association/Western States Water Council/California Department of Water Resources May 2007 Climate Change Research Needs Workshop

Conference Papers:

• Plan for Assessing Risks of Climate Change to California's Water Resources (Oct 05)