Practitioner Resources

Coastal Adaptation Planning > Practitioner Resources

The resources provided below are intended to support practitioners in their work to prepare for the effects of climate change on Southern California coastlines.

Regional Collaboratives

• Los Angeles Regional Collaborative on Climate Action and Sustainability (LARC)
• Central Coast Climate Collaborative
• Inland Southern California Climate Collaborative (ISC3)
• San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative (SDRCC)
  
  

State Sea Level Rise Guidance

• OPC Rising Seas (2017): The latest SLR projections being used by most California agencies for planning purposes
• OPC State SLR Planning Guidance (2018): The latest guidance from the State of California for planning for sea level rise, based on the 2017 Rising Seas report.
• Coastal Commission SLR Policy Guidance (2018): The California Coastal Commission's updated planning guidance for addressing SLR in Local Coastal Programs and Coastal Development Permits.
• California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment (2018)
• California Current Acidification Network (C-CAN)
• California Coastal Commission
• California Ocean Protection Council (OPC)
• Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR)
  
  

Federal Guidance

• NOAA 2022 Sea Level Rise Technical Report & Application Guide
• Fifth National Climate Assessment (2018)
• IPCC Sixth Climate Assessment Report (2022)
  
  

Climate Change Models

• Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS) Our Coast Our Future Sea Level Rise Viewer & Data Download (recommended)
• NOAA Sea Level Rise Portal
• PDF: Sea Level Rise - Visualizing the Science
  
  

Managed Retreat Tools

• Georgetown Climate Center Managed Retreat Toolkit
• People on the Move in a Changing Climate (PEMOCC) Network
• National League of Cities Domestic Climate Migration Report
  
  

Professional Organizations

• American Society of Adaptation Professionals