On March 14, the California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) adopted updated guidance to help state and local governments prepare for and adapt to sea level rise. The updated guidance provides a summary of the best available science on sea level rise; detailed instructions for governments to analyze the projections and what risks they present to…
The Adapting to Rising Tides Program held a Regional Working Group meeting on February 14, at the Novato City Hall. This was the third of twelve RWG meetings that will take place over the next year and half for the ART Bay Area project. At this meeting working group members provided input on the preliminary outputs of the…
There are a few grant opportunities currently available for research, planning, and implementation of climate adaptation projects. See below for more information: The California Ocean Protection Council is soliciting grant proposals for projects benefiting California’s ocean and coast, made possible with funding from Proposition 1. Proposed projects must have a minimum budget of $250,000, except for a…
The Adapting to Rising Tides Program will be holding the next Regional Working Group meeting on February 14, from 1-4PM at the Novato City Hall. This is the third of twelve RWG meetings that will take place over the next year and half for the ART Bay Area project. In the first two meetings, which took…
The California King Tides Project helps people visualize how sea level rise will impact their lives. Head out to the shoreline and take photos of “king tides” – the highest high tides of today, which will be the average water levels of the future. Our shores are constantly being altered by human and natural processes and…
The Adapting to Rising Tides team will be holding it’s next regional working group meeting on November 8, details below: Regional Working Group Meeting #2 November 8, 1-4pm San Mateo County Transit District, SamTrans Auditorium 1250 San Carlos Ave., San Carlos, CA 94070 Agenda and RSVP form will be available soon. Materials from the first…
The Adapting to Rising Tides (ART) Bay Area Project team held the kick-off Regional Working Group meeting on Thursday, September 21st, 1–4 pm at Bay Area Metro Center at 375 Beale Street in San Francisco. We are looking forward to working with a broad group of stakeholders on this challenging and exciting project, which will begin to address…
BCDC has hosted a series of Sea Level Rise Workshops over the past three months. These workshops have focused on implementing changes to the Commission’s existing laws, policies and regulations as they relate to rising Bay water, and four priority areas – social equity and environmental justice; fill for habitat projects; mitigation in the face…
Resilient by Design | Bay Area Challenge is a collaborative research and design project that will include local residents, public officials and experts working to develop innovative solutions for the issues brought on by climate change. Teams of engineers, architects, designers and other experts will work alongside community members to identify critical areas throughout the…
On June 15 at 1:30PM BCDC will hold the ninth workshop in its rising sea level workshop series. The upcoming workshop focuses on four priority areas – social equity and environmental justice; fill for habitat projects; mitigation in the face of sea level rise; and beneficial use of sediment and the proposed steps for implementing…