Library Resources

• California State Library
• California Energy Library
• U.N. Climate Change Library
• U.N. Development Program Energy & Library
• U.S. Library of Congress

CLIMATE ACTION TEAM REPORTS

The reports below are available in Adobe Acrobat PDF. You will need the Free Acrobat Reader Software to download, read and print these documents.

For larger documents, right click link to download (option mouse click on Macintosh) to your computer's hard drive and open in Acrobat.

---

For more information, please contact:

Eileen Wenger Tutt
Special Advisor to the Secretary
California Environmental Protection Agency
1001 I Street, P.O. Box 2815
Sacramento, CA 95812-2815
Phone: 916-323-2657
E-mail: etutt@calepa.ca.gov

2007 Climate Action Team Reports

• Climate Action Team Proposed Early Actions to Mitigate Climate Change in California April 20, 2007. (Acrobat PDF, 14 pages, 178 kb)

• Air Resources Board's Report: Proposed Early Actions to Mitigate Climate Change In California, released 4/20/07. (PDF file, 20 pages, 336 kilobytes)

2006 Climate Action Team Report to the Governor and Legislature

• Download Executive Summary of Final Report, April 3, 2006. (Acrobat PDF, 20 pages, 3.0 megabytes)

• Download Final Report, April 3, 2006. (Acrobat PDF, 110 pages, 1.9 megabytes)

• Gov. Schwarzenegger Announces Climate Action Series to Present Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategy, press release, April 4, 2006.

• Gov. Schwarzenegger Congratulates His Climate Action Team for Report on Reducing Greenhouse Gases, press release, April 3, 2006.

• CalEPA News Release on Final Report, April 3, 2006. (Acrobat PDF, 1 page, 25 kilobytes)

• Frequently Asked Questions About the Climate Action Team Report, April 3, 2006. (Acrobat PDF, 2 pages, 30 kilobytes)

Attachments to Final Report
(Note: Some of these documents were previously released with the Draft Report.)

• Documentation of Inputs to Macroeconomic Assessment of the 2006 Climate Action Team Report to the Governor and Legislature, Final Version. Posted: March 24, 2006. (PDF file, 30 pages, 346 kilobytes)

• Climate Action Team Report Questions & Answers, Posted: December 8, 2005. (PDF file, 3 pages, 185 kilobytes)

• State of California's Actions to Address Global Climate Change, Posted: December 8, 2005. (PDF file, 18 pages, 284 kilobytes)

• State Agency Work Plans, Updated: February 6, 2006. (PDF file, 111 pgs, 1.2 megabytes)

• Cap and Trade Program Design Options: Report of the Cap & Trade Subgroup of the Climate Action Team - Final Report. Posted: March 27, 2006. (PDF file, 69 pages, 906 kilobytes)

• Learning From State Action on Climate Change. Pew Center On Global Climate Change, November 2005 Update, reprinted with permission. Posted: December 8, 2005. (PDF file, 10 pages, 588 kilobytes)

• FINAL REPORT - Progress on Incorporating Climate Change Into Management of California Water Resources, Technical Memorandum Report California Department of Water Resources. Posted:July 11, 2006. (Acrobat PDF file, 338 pages, 7.6 megabytes)

• Scenarios of Climate Change in California: An Overview. FINAL report from California Energy Commission, Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program, California Climate Change Center, publication # CEC-500-2005-186-SF, posted: February 27, 2006. (PDF file, 53 pages, 1.2 megabytes)

• Appendices to PIER Report

  • An Assessment of Impacts of Future CO2 and Climate on Agriculture.
    FINAL white paper from California Climate Change Center, publication # CEC-500-2005-187-SF, posted: March 15, 2006. (PDF file, 40 pages, 736 kilobytes)

  • Analysis of Climate Effects on Agricultural Systems.
    FINAL white paper from California Climate Change Center, publication # CEC-500-2005-188-SF, posted: February 27, 2006. (PDF file, 44 pages, 3.0 megabytes)

  • Climate Change: Challenges and Solutions for California Agricultural Landscape.
    FINAL white paper from California Climate Change Center, publication # CEC-500-2005-189-SF, posted: February 27, 2006. (PDF file, 115 pages, 1.0 megabytes)

  • Climate Change and Wildfire In and Around California: Fire Modeling and Loss Modeling.
    FINAL white paper from California Climate Change Center, publication # CEC-500-2005-190-SF, posted: February 27, 2006. (PDF file, 33 pages, 2.2 megabytes)

  • The Response of Vegetation Distribution, Ecosystem Productivity, and Fire in California to Future Climate Scenarios Simulated by the MC1 Dynamic Vegetation Model.
    FINAL white paper from California Climate Change Center, publication # CEC-500-2005-191-SF, posted: February 27, 2006. (PDF file, 25 pages, 756 kilobytes)

  • Fire and Sustainability: Considerations for California's Altered Future Climate.
    FINAL white paper from California Climate Change Center, publication # CEC-500-2005-192-SF, posted: February 27, 2006. (PDF file, 10 pages, 184 kilobytes>)

  • Climate Change Impact on Forest Resources.
    FINAL white paper from California Climate Change Center, publication # CEC-500-2005-193-SF, posted: March 16, 2006. (PDF file, 45 pages, 687 kilobytes)

  • Climate Change Impacts on Water for Agriculture in California: A Case Study in the Sacramento Valley.
    FINAL white paper from California Climate Change Center, publication # CEC-500-2005-194-SF, posted: March 15, 2006. (PDF file, 85 pages, 1.4 megabytes)

  • Climate Warming and Water Supply Management in California.
    FINAL white paper from California Climate Change Center, publication # CEC-500-2005-195-SF, posted: March 16, 2006. (PDF file, 49 pages, 1.1 megabytes)

  • Predicting the Effect of Climate Change on Wildfire Severity and Outcomes in California: A Preliminary Analysis.
    FINAL white paper from California Climate Change Center, publication # CEC-500-2005-196-SF, posted: March 22, 2006. (PDF file, 48 pages, 464 kilobytes)

  • Public Health-Related Impacts of Climate Change in California
    FINAL white paper from California Climate Change Center, publication # CEC-500-2005-197-SF, posted: March 22, 2006. (PDF file, 149 pages, 4.0 megabytes)

  • Preparing for the Impacts of Climate Change in California: Opportunities and Constraints for Adaption
    FINAL white paper from California Climate Change Center, publication # CEC-500-2005-198-SF, posted: March 22, 2006. (PDF file, 47 pages, 534 kb)

  • Climate Change Impacts on High Elevation Hydropower Generation in California's Sierra Nevada: A Case Study in the Upper American River
    FINAL white paper from California Climate Change Center, publication # CEC-500-2005-199-SF, posted: March 22, 2006. (PDF file, 43 pages, 729 kb)

  • Predictions of Climate Change Impacts on California Water Resources Using CALSIM-II: A Technical Note
    FINAL white paper from California Climate Change Center, publication # CEC-500-2005-200-SF, posted: February 27, 2006. (PDF file, 29 pages, 940 kb)

  • Climate Change and Electricity Demand in California
    FINAL white paper from California Climate Change Center, publication # CEC-500-2005-201-SF, posted: February 27, 2006. (PDF file, 13 pages, 496 kb)

  • Projecting Future Sea Level
    FINAL white paper from California Climate Change Center, publication # CEC-500-2005-202-SF, posted: March 15, 2006. (PDF file, 64 pages, 1.6 megabytes)

  • Climate Scenarios for California
    FINAL white paper from California Climate Change Center, publication # CEC-500-2005-203-SF, posted: March 15, 2006. (PDF file, 52 pages, 2.8 megabytes)

  • Climate Change Projected Santa Ana Fire Weather Occurrence
    FINAL white paper from California Climate Change Center, publication # CEC-500-2005-204-SF, posted: February 27, 2006. (PDF file, 17 pages, 404 kilobytes)

DRAFT 2006 Report to the Governor and Legislature & Supporting Documents

• DRAFT Climate Action Team Report to the Governor and Legislature, Posted: December 8, 2005.
  (PDF file, 104 pages, 1.8 megabytes)

• • DRAFT VERSION Documentation of Inputs to Macroeconomic Assessment of the Climate Action Team Report to the Governor and Legislature, Posted: January 19, 2006. (PDF file, 30 pages, 346 kilobytes)

  • FINAL DRAFT of Chapter 8 on Economic Assessment of the DRAFT Climate Action Team Report to the Governor and Legislature, Posted: January 12, 2006. (PDF file, 10 pages, 263 kilobytes)

  • DRAFT UPDATE of a Section in Chapter 8 on Macroeconomic Assessment of the DRAFT Climate Action Team Report to the Governor and Legislature, Posted: January 5, 2006. (PDF file, 6 pages, 225 kilobytes)

• Attachments to Draft Report

  • Climate Action Team Report Questions & Answers, Posted: December 8, 2005. (PDF file, 3 pages, 185 kilobytes)

  • State of California's Actions to Address Global Climate Change, Posted: December 8, 2005. (PDF file, 18 pages, 284 kilobytes)

  • State Agency Work Plans, Updated: February 6, 2006. (PDF file, 111 pgs, 1.2 megabytes)

  • Cap and Trade Program Design Options - Report of the Cap and Trade Subgroup of the Climate Action Team, Posted: December 8, 2005. (PDF file, 69 pages, 1.0 megabytes)

  • Learning From State Action on Climate Change. Pew Center On Global Climate Change, November 2005 Update, reprinted with permission. Posted: December 8, 2005. (PDF file, 10 pages, 588 kilobytes)

• Public Comments Regarding Draft Report (Posted March 2, 2006)
  Please note that not all public comments are available on line. More than 15,000 comments were filed about the draft report. Above is a link to a representative sampling.

• Note from CalEPA Secretary Allan C. Lloyd about extending comment period. Posted: December 21, 2005.

Earlier Public Comments

• Earlier Public Comments Regarding General Climate Change Issues

• Earlier Public Comments Regarding Cap & Trade Issues

To view some documents on this website you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
A free copy can be downloaded by clicking on the icon above.