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CCASS helped support the revamping of the Water Network at UArizona. We are excited to announce that the new website and updated expertise directory is now live at water.arizona.edu. 

Summary products now released from a project which researchers at the University of Arizona have been working on for more than five years in partnership with the US Bureau of Reclamation and a consortium of agencies and water utilities across the Lower Santa Cruz River Basin.

The illustrious group of experts reflected on issues and opportunities in the field of adaptation and engaged in discussion with students and faculty from across campus.

The report assesses the impacts and risks of climate change, looking at ecosystems, biodiversity and human communities at global and regional levels.

Ladd Keith, Assistant Professor at UArizona and CCASS Advisory Team Member, and other researchers call for a focused research program to support heat governance.

The Indigenous Resilience Center will work directly with Native American nations to address environmental challenges in ways that respect Native and Indigenous sovereignty and knowledge.

The Lower Santa Cruz River Basin Study brings together a team from the University of Arizona and other local water experts to project future water conditions and offer strategies to adapt to a changing climate.

In collaboration with the Water Resources Research Center and the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, CCASS led the first three of a six part public series this spring to explore solutions to ecological, social, and economic challenges in which water plays a key role.

In collaboration with the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3), the University of Arizona is offering a UC3 Postdoctoral Fellowship to work on climate action initiatives in the Tucson community, advance coalition-wide activities, and learn from other fellows in the program.

UArizona's Prof. Dave Breshears is among a group of researchers working to understand how climate change and megadroughts are impacting forest ecosystems and what we can do to respond.