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Katharine Jacobs is the Director of the Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions (CCASS) at the University of Arizona. CCASS builds and supports climate change adaptation and assessment capacity, connects science with decision-making, and works with stakeholders to build collaborative, practical solutions to climate-related problems. Jacobs is a professor in Environmental Science and holds appointments in Geography and Regional Development and Hydrology and Water Resources. She was the director of the National Climate Assessment in the Obama Administration for four years and served as a White House water policy and adaptation advisor. Current activities include managing the Colorado River Conversations Project; hosting and facilitating a wide range of adaptation-related workshops, events and symposia; public presentations to multiple audiences; teaching adaptation and assessment. She serves on a standing National Academies board, has been a chair or panelist on nine Academies committees, and serves on fifteen advisory committees.Show Less
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Courses
- CCAPNSSRMClimate Change Adaptation: Perspectives at the Nexus of Science, Society, & Resource Management
Grants
- Implementing Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Options for Coastal Resilience
Principal Investigator (PI)
2021
$175.0K
Active - Exploration of Methods and Tools to Enhance Stakeholder Engagement in the Colorado River Basin
Principal Investigator (PI)
2020
$150.0K
- Southwest Practitioners Adaptation Network (SPAN) Network Visualization Tool and Website
Co-Investigator (COI)
2020
$3.0K
- Sustaining Partners and Building Networks for Effective Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange in the Interior Southwest
Principal Investigator (PI)
2019
$86.0K
- Water Infrastructure Impact Study Project
Principal Investigator (PI)
2019
$20.0K
- Mapping Climate Exposure and Climate Information Needs to Utility Business Functions
Principal Investigator (PI)
2018
$35.0K
- 2018 Colorado River Basin Stakeholder Workshop Co-Sponsorship
Principal Investigator (PI)
2018
$9.9K
- Workshop for Building a Science Agenda for the Colorado River
Principal Investigator (PI)
2018
$5.0K
- Workshop: Beyond the Colorado River Basin Study, Tucson, AZ, January-May, 2017
Principal Investigator (PI)
2017
$47.2K
- Forging a Working Partnership in the Southwestern United States for Locally Relevant, Action-Oriented Climate Change Education
Principal Investigator (PI)
2016
$19.7K
Books
- Foreword to Climate in Context: Science and Society Partnering for Adaptation
2016
- The U.S. National Climate Assessment - Innovations in Science and Engagement
2016
- America's Climate Choices: Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change
2010
News
- Climate Adaptation at the Department of Defense and Beyond
2021
- Eight From UA Contribute to National Climate Change Report
2014
- New UA Center to Offer Solutions for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
2014
- UA Climate Conference to Welcome World-Renowned Scientists
2012
- Exploring Water Issues Through the Arts, Humanities
2012
- UA Professor Earns White House Appointment
2010
- Communication Key to Climate Change Fight
2010
- Three UA Researchers Receive Award for Best Paper
2009
- Professor to Testify Before Senate Committee Thursday
2009
- UA Professor to Head Arizona Water Institute
2006
Publications (25)
Recent
- Stakeholder-Informed Hydroclimate Scenario Modeling in the Lower Santa Cruz River Basin for Water Resource Management
2023
- Impacts and Opportunities at the Climate-Land Use-Energy-Water Interface: An Urgent Call for Dialogue
2022
- The Press and Pulse of Extreme Events in the Colorado River Basin
2022
- A New Mission: Mainstreaming climate adaptation in the US Department of Defense
2021
- Lesson Learning in the Colorado River Basin
2021
- Scenario Planning: Embracing the Potential for Extreme Events in the Colorado River Basin
2020
- The Gnat and the Bull: Do Climate Outlook Forums Make a Difference?
2020
- Reimagining the Colorado River by exploring extreme events
2020
- The IPBES Global Assessment: Pathways to Action
2020
- “Evaluating Knowledge to Support Climate Action: A Framework for Sustained Assessment, Report of an Independent Advisory Committee on Applied Climate Assessment.
2019
- Final Report of the Colorado River Conversations Conference
2019
- The Next Generation of Climate Services
2019
- Water, Climate Change and Law:The Case for More Protection
2019
- National Council for Science and the Environment: 2018 National Conference Report
2018
- Through the Looking Glass: Climate Change and the Future of Water in the Tucson Region
2018
- Building a framework for process-oriented evaluation of Regional Climate Outlook Forums
2017
- Linking Knowledge with Action in the Pursuit of Sustainable Water Resources Management
2016
- Government: Plan for Ecosystem Services
2016
- Supporting Adaptation Decisions through Scenario Planning: Enabling the Effective Use of Multiple Methods
2016
- Making Short-term Climate Forecasts Useful: Linking Science and Action
2016
- Challenges and Opportunities in Earth-Human Systems Research
2016
- Towards a National, Sustained US Ecosystem Assessment
2016
- Participatory Scenario Planning: Bridging Climate Science and Preparedness
2016
- Innovations in assessment and adaptation: building on the US National Climate Assessment
2015
- Contributions of the Third US National Climate Assessment
2015