![Cindy Messer discusses key policy and institutional challenges during the Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Summit on September 17, 2019.](/-/media/DWR-Images/People/FL_Climate_Change-6745_09_17_2019.jpg?mw=200&hash=422E5E66C9306D88E0A7D8CF22C2B227)
“Mother nature is changing fast, and we need to change along with her,” California Natural Resources Agency Secretary Wade Crowfoot told an audience of climate scientists, water managers, and other stakeholders at a climate change conference on September 17 in Sacramento.