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Adapting to Climate Change in the Bay Area

May 4, 2011 at

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Climate change is happening all over the globe, but what kind of impact will it continue to have on the Bay Area? A big impact, says a new study out by the San Francisco Planning and Research Association (SPUR). We talk with the lead author of the study. What can residents and agencies do to adapt to our possibly very different future?

More: Photos and video of this past winter’s “king” tides
More: Are Rising Seas Returning to the West Coast? – from KQED’s Climate Watch blog

Guests:

Laura Tam, sustainable development policy director for the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR)

Will Travis, boardmember of SPUR and executive director of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), the state agency responsible for protecting San Francisco Bay

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