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Science and Ideas Group - External Costs of Climate Change Adaptation
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RSVP: Joseph Evinger (jdevinger@comcast.net)
When: Every 2nd Thursday of the month, 3:00-4:30 pm
Where: Zoom (click "Zoom" to join event)
Meeting ID: 848 0146 1083
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Meeting ID: 848 0146 1083
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Science and Ideas:
External Costs of Climate Change Adaptation
Groundwater Depletion and Drinking Water in California
Presenter: Ellen Bruno, Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension
Adaptation to climate change is generally considered a good thing – it can reduce the magnitude of climate damages. However, mitigating behavior can also harm third parties. This talk will discuss and document one such case in California: farmers respond to heat and drought by extracting more groundwater, harming access to drinking water for nearby residents. Using yearly data on surface water scarcity and heat, we show that drought increases agricultural well construction, groundwater depletion, and domestic well failures, and that well construction accounts for a large share of the latter effects. In our setting, adaptation also exacerbates inequality. Effects on domestic well failures are concentrated in low-income and Latino communities.
Ellen Bruno is an Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension in the Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics at UC Berkeley. Dr. Bruno received her Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from UC Davis and her B.S. degree in Management Science from UC San Diego.
Her extension program focuses on policy issues relevant to California’s agriculture and natural resources. Her research specifically considers the potential and effectiveness of water-related policies, which includes understanding how farmers respond to changes in water prices. Her work is motivated by climate change and the need for strategies that mitigate the economic costs of drought. As an extension economist, she works with state and local government agencies, as well as nonprofits and practitioners, to improve the management of California's water supplies.
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