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California Department of Water Resources
The mission of the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is to manage the water resources of California in cooperation with other agencies, to benefit the State's people, and to protect, restore, and enhance the natural and human environments. DWR's responsibilities and duties include preventing and responding to floods, droughts, and catastrophic events; informing and educating the public on water issues; and planning for future water needs, climate change impacts, and flood protection - among other climate change related concerns.
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California Dept. of Fish and Game Climate Science Program
The California Department of Fish and Game's (DFG’s) mission is 'to manage California’s diverse fish, wildlife, and plant resources, and the habitats upon which they depend, for their ecological values and their use and enjoyment by the public. ' The Climate Science Program was created in 2008 as part of the Climate Science and Renewable Energy Branch to help the Department address climate change, in support of this mission. The Program is designed to minimize the negative effects of climate change through the development of adaptation and mitigation measures, policies, and practices that provide clear benefits to the state’s fish, wildlife, and terrestrial and marine ecosystems.
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California Energy Commission
The California Energy Commission is the state's primary energy policy and planning agency, and their mission is to assess, advocate and act through public/private partnerships to improve energy systems that promote a strong economy and a healthy environment. The Commission has played an important role since 1988 in coordinating state activities addressing climate change and continues to play a major role in the state's efforts. The Commission conducts scientific research on climate change through the Public Interest Energy Research Program (PIER) and the California Climate Change Center, and has published numerous reports under its PIER Program and by staff.
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California Environmental Justice Alliance
California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA) is a statewide coalition of grassroots, environmental justice organizations. CEJA seeks to shift the paradigm to prioritize environmental justice communities in California’s climate policy. To do so, CEJA works to put equity at the center of the climate debate; put the most vulnerable communities in leadership roles; and reorient policy to reduce toxic hotspots, implement strong regulatory measures, and speed the transition away from fossil fuels.
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California Ocean Protection Council
The California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) was created in 2004 to help protect, conserve, and maintain healthy coastal and ocean ecosystems and the economies they support as set forth in the California Ocean Protection Act.
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California Department of Fish and Wildlife
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is the lead agency for conserving California’s fish, wildlife and habitat resources.
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California-Nevada Applications Program (CNAP) - RISA
The California-Nevada Applications Program (CNAP) is a member of NOAA's Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) program. CAP works in conjunction with the California Climate Change Center (CCCC) to develop and provide better climate information and forecasts for decision makers in California and the surrounding region. By working directly with users, CNAP and CCCC are working to evaluate climate information needs and utility from the user perspective.
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Association of State and Territorial Health Officials' Climate Change Capacity Building Grants
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health, funds and supports demonstration projects that establish coordinating opportunities for climate change at state and territorial health agencies (STHAs).
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Center for Biological Diversity
The Center for Biological Diversity's mission is to work through science, law and creative media to secure a future for all species, great or small, on the brink of extinction. The Center's territory for the protection of species extends throughout the US, Pacific and Atlantic oceans and international regions as remote as the North and South poles. Hundreds of species have gained protection as a result of the Center's petitions, lawsuits, policy advocacy, and outreach to media. They have a full-time staff of dozens of prominent environmental lawyers and scientists who work exclusively on their campaigns to save species and their habitats.
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Center for Biological Diversity - Climate Law Institute
The Center for Biological Diversity's Climate Law Institute wages legal and public campaigns to limit climate change and its impacts. The Institute brings a climate focus to all of the Center's program areas - including Endangered Species, Public Lands, Oceans, Urban Wildlands, and International - to unite their campaigns in a coordinated strategy to protect species and ecosystems from the effects of climate change.
