Resources on Climate Assessment
Table of contents for the library of resources and links below. Click on a category to go down to that section of the page
Guidance on organizing and conducting climate assessments
Guidance on Organizing and Conducting Climate Assessments
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Preparing the Nation for Change: Building a Sustained National Climate Process. Buizer et al. 2013 (PDF report)
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Independent Advisory Report on climate assessments (2019)
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A summary of the above report can be found in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
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How this led to the launch of SCAN
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Global Climate (and Related) Assessments
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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Fifth Assessment Reports (2014; this page takes you to all the reports and summaries)
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Progress on the 6th Assessment Report (2020)
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Special Report on the Oceans and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate
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Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5C degrees
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UN Sustainable Development Goals report (2019; The Science is Now)
US and other National-Scale Assessment Reports
More international assessments will be added in the coming weeks! Please check back.
United States
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Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume I: Climate Science Special Report (Released Sept 2017) [web link]
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Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II: DRAFT available for comment (Released Sept 2017) [web link]
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Third National Climate Assessment Report (Released May 2013) [web link]
Other National-Scale Assessments:
Australia
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There are a number of reports here about different aspects of Australia's expected impacts and adapation activities
Canada
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Strategic Assessment of Climate Change (revised 2020)
Germany
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National Report on Climate (2017)
India
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Assessment of Climate Change over the Indian Region, (2020). Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India
Kenya
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National Adaptation Plan 2015-2030 (includes a climate science summary)
New Zealand
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Climate Change Effects and Impacts Assessment: A Guidance Manual for Local Governments in New Zealand
United Kingdom
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Second Climate Risk Assessment (2017; next due in 2022)
US: State Scale Assessments
(Most recent assessment in each state since 2014. We will shortly add more assessments from prior to 2014, and new ones as they are published)
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Alaska's Changing Environment (2019)
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California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment (2019)
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Connecticut Physical Climate Science Report (2019)
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Florida's Climate: Changes, Variations, and Impact (2017)
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Indiana (2017, 2019)
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Maine's Climate Future (2020)
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Montana's Climate Assessment (2017)
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Nebraska: Understanding and Assessing Climate Change Implications for Nebraska (2014)
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North Carolina's Climate Risk Assessment and Resilience Plan (2020)
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New Jersey Scientific Report on Climate Change (2020)
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Oregon: Fourth Oregon Climate Assessment Report (2019)
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Pennsylvania: 2020 Climate Change Impacts Assessment (2020)
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Rhode Island: Resilience Rhody: An Actionable Vision for Addressing the Impacts of Climate Change in Rhode Island (2018)
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Vermont's Climate Assessment (2014)
US: Local, County, and Municipal-Scale Assessments
(This will be significantly updated in the next couple of weeks. Please check back!)
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Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN)
Data and Information Sources to Support Climate Assessments
(This will be significantly updated in the next couple of weeks. Please check back!)
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Climate Model Projections
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LOCA (used in the Fourth US National Climate Assessment)
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Historical climate data
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NOAA's Climate-At-A-Glance
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