Climate Change in Agriculture

Our activities related to agriculture and climate change have a strong outreach and policy focus. One was to help plan the Second Climate-Smart Agriculture Global Science Conference, held March 20-22, 2013 at the University of California at Davis.

The State of California's programs on understanding the impacts of climate change, vulnerability and adaptation have involved many researchers and institutions. A set of publications by the California Energy Commission on climate change was published in 2012. Their brochure (CEC-500-2012-007) summarized the statewide program in a general way.

During the past few years, we led some of the California Energy Commission studies on agricultural impacts, vulnerabilities and potential adaptations to climate change (see  Jackson CV & Pub 2015 for peer-reviewed journal articles):

Jackson, L.E., V.R. Haden, A.D. Hollander, H. Lee, M. Lubell, V.K. Mehta, A.T. O’Geen, M. Niles, J. Perlman, D. Purkey, W. Salas, D. Sumner, M. Tomuta, M. Dempsey and S.M. Wheeler. 2012. Adaptation strategies for agricultural sustainability in Yolo County, California. California Energy Commission. Publication number: CEC-500-2012-032.
http://www.energy.ca.gov/2012publications/CEC-500-2012-032/CEC-500-2012-032.pdf

Jackson, L.E., V.R. Haden, S.M. Wheeler, A.D. Hollander, J. Perlman, A.T. O’Geen, V.K. Mehta, V. Clark, and J. Williams. 2012. Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in California agriculture. California Energy Commission. Publication number: CEC-500-2012-031.
http://www.energy.ca.gov/2012publications/CEC-500-2012-031/CEC-500-2012-031.pdf

Jackson, L.E., F. Santos-Martin, A.D. Hollander, W.R. Horwath, R.E. Howitt, J.B. Kramer, A.T. O’Geen, B.S. Orlove, J.W. Six, S.K. Sokolow, D.A. Sumner, T.P. Tomich, and S.M. Wheeler. 2009. Potential for adaptation to climate change in an agricultural landscape in the Central Valley of California. Report from the California Climate Change Center. CEC-500-2009-044-D. 170 pp.
http://ucanr.edu/repository/?get=93564

Cavagnaro, T., L.E. Jackson, and K.M. Scow. 2006. Climate change: Challenges and solutions for California agricultural landscapes. Report from the California Climate Change Center. CEC-500-2005-189-SF. 115 pp
http://www.energy.ca.gov/2005publications/CEC-500-2005-189/CEC-500-2005-189-SF.PDF