Mitigation Content / Mitigation Content for ٺƵ en What FEMA's New Flood Risk Rating Means for Californians /climate/what-can-i-do/what-femas-new-flood-risk-rating-means-californians <p><span><span>A team of ٺƵ scientists and flood experts have “reverse engineered” FEMA data regarding the federal agency’s new Risk Rating 2.0 to better understand expected premium changes for California policyholders down to the zip code.&nbsp; </span></span></p> <p><span><span>Risk Rating 2.0 will be formally introduced on Oct. 1 and is considered FEMA’s most significant reform to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in 50 years. </span></span></p> September 20, 2021 - 4:24pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/what-can-i-do/what-femas-new-flood-risk-rating-means-californians ‘We Have a Chance.’ Climate Scientists Weigh in on IPCC Report /climate/what-can-i-do/we-have-chance-climate-scientists-weigh-ipcc-report <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>ٺƵ climate scientists voiced their thoughts today about the </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span><span> in a webinar hosted by the </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://climateadaptation.ucdavis.edu/"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>ٺƵ Climate Adaptation Research</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a></p> August 30, 2021 - 5:38pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/what-can-i-do/we-have-chance-climate-scientists-weigh-ipcc-report Siting Solar, Sparing Prime Agricultural Lands /news/sparing-lands-while-siting-solar <p>Unconventional spaces could be put to use generating renewable energy while sparing lands that could be better used to grow food, sequester carbon and protect wildlife and watersheds, says a study led by the University of California, Davis. Such lands in California's Central Valley could more than meet the state's energy demands for 2025.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> December 19, 2017 - 12:33pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/sparing-lands-while-siting-solar