Climate Change Impacts

Page Updated: December 16, 2011

REPORTS:

American Security Project's Pay Now, Pay Later Assessment

Shows projected costs of climate change for each state: http://www.secureamericanfuture.org/pay-now-pay-later/

United States Global Change Research Program

Global Climate Change Impacts in different regions in the US and on various aspects of society and economy, such as energy, water, agriculture, and health. http://globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientific-assessments/us-impacts

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a comprehensive report that shows how greenhouse gases are changing our climate and impacting the environment across the U.S. The report can be found at http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/indicators.html

IPCC 4th assessment Working Group II (Impacts and Adaptation)

Text below taken from http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ipcc2007.html
The Summary for Policymakers of the second volume of the IPCC's new assessment report "Climate Change 2007: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability" was released on April 6, 2007. You may download the Summary for Policymakers from the IPCC website. The full report is now available on the Working Group II website.

National Academies Report - Monitoring Climate Change Impacts: Metrics at the Intersection of the Human and Earth Systems

By Committee on Indicators for Understanding Global Climate Change and National Research Council
This report identifies an illustrative suite of indicators, measurements (and the locations around the globe where the measurements can be applied), and metrics that are important for understanding global climate change and providing insight into environmental sustainability. Free PDF version of book

Preliminary Review of Adaptation Options for Climate-Sensitive Ecosystems & Resources

From U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research: http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap4-4/final-report/

ClimateSignals

A global database of climate change impact reports. ClimateSignals includes science journal articles but it also highlights newspaper stories, photos, and eyewitness accounts.

• http://www.climatesignals.org/

CO2 Science

Website about increasing CO2 and its various impacts

• http://www.co2science.org/index.php

Union of Concerned Scientists - Regional Information on the Impacts of Global Warming

World View of Global Warming

Photos of climate change

• http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/index.html