Climate One TV January 2015: It is posted online at Fora.tv

Broadcast January 25, 2015 on KRCB TV 22 in the Bay Area

Chasing Water

Summary:

Call it water whiplash. Climate change has contributed to droughts that have inflamed armed conflicts in Iraq, Syria and other parts of the world. At the same time, epic floods have hit England, India and Australia. In the United States, carbon pollution has amplified severe floods in the Midwest and Atlantic coast and exacerbated California’s searing drought. How can countries and communities make sense of having too little water and then suddenly too much? Is this a new normal? What can be done to preserve water security for those who have it and provide it for those who don’t? We dive into the world’s water, conflicts surrounding it, and the future of water in a climate constrained world.

Here is the link to listen to the interview

This Conversation about water at Climate One between the following experts:

Brooke Barton, Director, Water Program, Ceres

Brian Richter, Chief Scientist of Water Markets, The Nature Conservancy; Author, Chasing Water: A Guide for Moving From Scarcity to Sustainability

Peter Gleick, President and Co-Founder, The Pacific Institute; Author, The World’s WaterWater Politics

John Coleman, President, Association of California Water Agencies; Board Member, East Bay Municipal Utility District

Anthony Rendon, Chair, State Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee, California State Assembly (D-Lakewood)

Danny Merkley, Director of Water Resources, California Farm Bureau Federation

Lauren Sommer, Reporter, KQED ScienceWater Underfoot

Debbie Davis, Office of Planning and Research, State of California<

Felicia Marcus, Chair, State Water Resources Control Board<

Buzz Thompson, Professor of Natural Resources Law, Stanford Law School