Common use of Problem/ Solution Statement Problem Clause in Contracts

Problem/ Solution Statement Problem. Climate change poses an urgent and significant threat to California and the nation. California has taken a leadership position in supporting cutting edge science to understand the nature of the threat and possible actions to mitigate that impact. However, California cannot solve this threat alone and does not have all of the solutions. 1 Please see subtask 1.3 in Part III of the Scope of Work (General Project Tasks) for a description of Critical Project Review (CPR) Meetings. SB 379 (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 2015) requires local governments to address climate adaptation and resiliency strategies applicable to city or county local hazard mitigation plans or other climate adaptation plans or documents. Information sharing among federal, state, regional, and local agencies forms a critical part of preparation of these documents. The California Energy Commission is sponsoring a set of studies in coordination with the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA), jointly referred to as the “Fourth California Climate Change Assessment” or the “Assessment”) to assess the impacts and implications of climate change for California. The Energy Commission is funding studies of the state’s energy sector and the CNRA is funding non-energy sector studies. In addition, a number of externally funded research projects have aligned with the Assessment’s timeline and underlying climate scenarios to substantially expand the overall effort at no cost to the state. Results of these new peer-reviewed scientific studies will be available in 2018. A number of public events are planned in California to discuss the results. However, an additional public workshop in Washington, D.C. is needed to discuss the scientific results with federal, state, and local resilience planning leaders and experts outside of California. In addition, the Assessment must be put into the context of an overall strategy to foresee and manage weather-related extreme events at local to national geographical scales.