Status Report of BCDC Climate Science

The Commission is taking a leadership role to address sea level rise and other global climate change impacts on the Bay and shoreline. Several studies are now underway by the Commission and its partners to gain better understanding of climate change impacts and methods to address them, including: (1) a study of local wetlands in relation to sea level rise; (2) participation in a regional climate science consortium; (3) a regional assessment of the Bay Area’s vulnerability to climate change impacts; (4) acquisition of shoreline topographic data to inform analysis of sea level rise inundation; and (5) application of analytical tools to assess potential climate change impacts when adequate data are lacking