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Comment Letter on the Draft Water Resilience Portfolio for the state of California Regarding a Multi-Benefit Approach
This comment letter focuses on how the California Water Resilience Portfolio can incorporate multiple benefits when prioritizing and funding water management strategies throughout the state.
Comment Letter on the Draft Water Resilience Portfolio for the State of California
This comment letter conveys summary comments and suggestions on the draft Water Resilience Portfolio released by California state agencies, drawing on the considerable experience Pacific Institute has around themes of water efficiency, stormwater management, and the Salton Sea.
Taps, Toilets, and Good Hygiene: Critical Ingredients for Resilient Agriculture
2019 was a critical year for climate and water. Major events – from hurricanes to droughts and brushfires – highlight that climate’s impacts are being felt now and that the world needs to take action to build resilience while also accelerating action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Comment Letter on the Proposed Urban Water Conservation Reporting Regulations for the State of California
This comment letter expresses comments and suggestions in response to proposed regulation under the California Code of Regulations around reporting urban water conservation information for water utilities.
California Can Solve Its Water Shortage With the Water We Have. Here’s How
We can continue our costly, 100-year-old pattern of trying to find new water supplies, or we can choose instead to focus on smarter ways of using – and reusing – what we already have.
Insights from COP25: The (Interconnected) Pillars of Water System Transformation
At both major international climate events this year – COP25 in Madrid this month and the Climate Action Summit in New York City in September – there was a clear, resounding message from the environmental community: “We are exactly on track to where we don’t want to go, and change is needed now.” This message, while not new, was spoken this year with unprecedented urgency...
