Climate Change and California’s Water Supply: How Can We Adapt?

Ellen M. Bruno and Katrina Jessoe

from ARE Update Vol. 22, No. 1, Sep/Oct, 2018

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Abstract

Climate change is expected to alter water supplies in California fundamentally. The state must find ways to adapt. This article explores potential adaptation strategies and the role that water markets can play in mitigating some of the economic costs of climate change.

Keywords

Water markets, California water policy, agricultural and urban water trading, water allocation

Citation

Ellen M. Bruno and Katrina Jessoe. 2018. "Climate Change and California’s Water Supply: How Can We Adapt?" ARE Update 22(1): 1-3. University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics.
https://giannini.ucop.edu/filer/file/1541186537/18879/