Climate Change and Water: Challenges and Opportunities
Presented at the RCAT Network Forum June 17, 2021
California water is now traded in Chicago as a commodity. With the advent of the climate crisis, this may well become a norm around the world. 3% of the planets water is drinkable and the vast majority is in glaciers that are shrinking into the oceans. Drought, aquifer reduction and pollution all threaten our supply and quality.
Ann Hayden leads Environmental Defense Fund’s California Water Program as senior director of western water and resilient landscapes. This program focuses on advancing incentive-based approaches that ensure adequate water for freshwater ecosystems, improve agriculture’s resilience to climate change and address the water needs of disadvantaged communities.