Andrew on editorial board and contributing author of California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment
From the Los Angeles Times:
Heat waves will grow more severe and persistent, shortening the lives of thousands of Californians. Wildfires will burn more of the state’s forests. The ocean will rise higher and faster, exposing California to billions in damage along the coast.
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“The good news is that we may have the same amount of water. But it may come in a different form and a different time,” said John Andrew, assistant deputy director of the Department of Water Resources. “We’re going to have to be a much better manager of the resource.”
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
This year’s wildfire season is not the worst that California will see.
The number of large fires across the state will likely increase by 50 percent by the end of the century while the amount of land that burns annually will rise 77 percent, according to a new, far-reaching state report that seeks to document the impacts of climate change.
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“Our system was built for a different climate,” said John Andrew, assistant deputy director for the California Department of Water Resources, which oversees the State Water Project and its nearly two dozen reservoirs.
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“It’s not the end of the world,” Andrew said, “but 10 percent in a system that’s already strained is something to pay attention to.”
