Resilient By Design Bay Area Challenge Launches, Seeks Site Ideas Resilient by Design | Bay Area Challenge is a collaborative research and design project that will include local residents, public officials and experts working to develop innovative solutions for the issues brought on by climate change. Teams of engineers, architects, designers and other experts will […]
Continue ReadingRising sea levels could be worse than suspected By Amina Khan Al Seib / Los Angeles Times 2015 High surf crashes into a sea wall at Pacific Palisades. A study finds that rising sea levels will double the risk of flooding. The effects of rising oceans on coastal flooding may be even worse than we […]
Continue ReadingA stormy coastal challenge Al Seib / Los Angeles Times 2015 High surf crashes into the sea wall at Will Rogers State Beach along the Pacific Coast Highway in Los Angeles County. Climate change is running smack into property rights in the form of a pending law that would rein in scofflaw homeowners along California’s […]
Continue ReadingVisualizing Sea Level Rise Event Saturday, April 22 – 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Jack London Square, Oakland 333 Broadway Click here for directions. This Earth Day, join CESP to raise awareness about the devastating impacts of sea level rise due to climate change. Hold up a fabric panel or pennant to show where […]
Continue ReadingThis week, the Ocean Protection Council (OPC) released their latest findings on sea level rise in a report entitled, “Rising Seas in California: An Update on Sea-Level Rise Science”. The OPC report was requested by the California Ocean Protection Council and the California Natural Resource Agency in collaboration with the Governor’s Office of Planning and […]
Continue ReadingLink to science report: http://www.opc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/docs/rising-seas-in-california-an-update-on-sea-level-rise-science.pdf Link to press release: http://resources.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Climate-Experts-Release-Latest-Science-on-Sea-Level-Rise-Projections-to-Support-California-Policy-Guidance.pdf
Continue ReadingThis week Bay Planning Coalition held a sold out Expert Briefing event on Emerging Environmental Risks for the San Francisco Bay Area. (The agenda and presentation slides are available here.) Below is a recap of the topics addressed by the three expert panelists: Robert Battalio, Environmental Science Associates Scott B. Birkey, Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP Ed Morales, […]
Continue ReadingEmerging Environmental Risks for the San Francisco Bay Thursday, March 30, 2017 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Marsh Risk & Insurance Services San Francisco, CA CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE PROGRAM CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE PRESENTATION SLIDES (PDF) Join us for an Expert Briefing about the potential impacts of sea level rise to the […]
Continue ReadingIt has been told that there was a year when BPC’s Annual Members Meeting and Luncheon fell on the same day as a king tides day, and that the view of these tides, seen from the St. Francis Yacht Club, was quite a sight to see. Unfortunately, our Luncheon missed the mark by just a […]
Continue ReadingClick here to view the meeting notice for the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission on December 1, 2016
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