Topical Synthesis Reports

The Topical Synthesis Reports (Topical Reports) will uplift issues of statewide significance, focusing on climate change impacts and risks in California as well as opportunities to build adaptation capacity and resilience to those impacts. The focus of these reports is to uplift and synthesize existing research and resources alongside the findings from the Fifth Assessment’s Original Climate Research programs, where relevant. These reports are not intended to generate completely new research (except where necessary).

The topical report areas of focus have been identified through a robust community engagement process, and with direction from the Climate Assessment’s defining statute (SB 1320, Stern 2020).