California Drought Panel

Water in the West is convening three experts to discuss the causes, policy implications and possible responses to California's ongoing drought, including what a fourth year of drought will mean for the state. Topics will include:

• The current state of the drought and its physical causes;
• The role of climate change on drought;
• How the state, communities and water managers have coped with three years of drought and will deal with continued drought this summer;
• Potential long-term drought management solutions; and
• The implications of the drought for the Stanford community and Stanford's plans for adapting to it.