3-B. Science Session

ANR’s Role in Addressing Climate Change: Research and Extension Needs

This session will focus on emerging research and extension needs across the state in light of climate change. Adaptation and mitigation strategies will need to occur at several levels. Adaptation to climate change requires better understanding of climate change scenarios and the potential for carbon sequestration in underutilized lands such as deserts. Mitigation strategies such as cap and trade regulations depend on improved measurements and identifying available landscapes for carbon sequestration. The session will conclude with examples of agronomic approaches for adapting to warmer climates.

Moderator: Louise Jackson, CE Specialist and Professor in LAWR at UC Davis, Agroecology

• Climate Change Scenarios in Southern California—Robert Allen, professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at UC Riverside
• Carbon Budgets in Southern California: Sink or Source?—Darrel Jenerette, professor in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences at UC Riverside, Landscape Ecology and Michael Allen, professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at UC Riverside, and director, Center for Conservation Biology
• Hotter, Drier, More Extreme:  Vineyard Adaptation to Climate Change—Mark Battany, CE Advisor in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties, Viticulture and Soils

Subcommittee: Toby O’Geen, Chair, Edie Allen, Doug Parker, Bill Stewart