Nov 14, 2008 4:15 pm US/Pacific
Governor Calls For Climate Change Plan
SACRAMENTO (AP) ―
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Gov. Schwarzenegger (file photo)
William Foster, Office of Governor Schwarzenegger
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday ordered state agencies to begin preparing for the projected impacts of global warming on California's economy, people and natural resources.
The executive order calls on state officials to develop a "comprehensive climate adaption strategy" to cope with rising sea levels, higher temperatures, increased flooding, changing precipitation patterns and more extreme weather events.
"We have to adapt the way we work and plan in order to manage the impacts and challenges that California and our entire planet face from climate change," Schwarzenegger said in a statement.
The governor ordered the state agencies to study how sea level rise will affect California's water supply, infrastructure and natural resources, then develop guidelines for new projects on coastal and floodplain areas.
The order comes a day after a University of California, Berkeley study found that global warming could cost the state as much as $23 billion a year in damage to public and private property, such as homes, ports, bridges and power plants.
The UC Berkeley report said climate change threatens about $2.5 trillion of California's $4 trillion in real estate assets, as well as hundreds of billions of dollars worth of infrastructure related to water, energy, transportation, agriculture, tourism and recreation.
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