등록일: 2016-12-01 기관: USBR
Strategy supports increasing water management flexibility, enhancing climate adaptation strategy planning, improving infrastructure resiliency and expanding information sharing
Media Contact: Peter Soeth, 303-445-3615
For Release: November 29, 2016
WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Estevan L?pez released a report today that provides a status update on the actions Reclamation is undertaking to meet the challenges of climate change on Western water supplies. This includes meeting the four goals established in the strategy, increasing water management flexibility, enhancing climate adaptation planning, improving infrastructure resiliency, and expanding information sharing.
"Climate change poses clear risks to our ability to deliver water and power," Commissioner L?pez said. "In light of those risks, Reclamation and our partners will take key steps that line up with the goals of this strategy, helping to ensure a sustainable water supply across the West."
The strategy identifies four primary goals to improve Reclamation's ability to consider climate change information in its decision making:
Reclamation is making progress on the activities identified in the four goals of the strategy. These activities include:
The actions identified in the Climate Change Adaptation Strategy are part of the Department of the Interior's implementation of President Obama's Climate Action Plan, the strategy provides a framework in which Reclamation managers can develop and adopt innovative solutions that provide a more reliable water supply in a changing climate. It also supports the Nov. 1, 2013, Executive Order, Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change.
To view the progress report and learn more about how Reclamation is incorporating climate change into its efforts, please visit https://www.usbr.gov/climate.
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