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Climate impacts: the costs of inaction

Explore the latest climate science findings, specific impacts in California, and the economic costs of inaction. Learn how warming trends, rising sea levels, and changes in precipitation are affecting our environment. Empower local communities to lead by example in combating climate change. Contact Dr. Melanie Fitzpatrick, a climate scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, for valuable insights.

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Climate impacts: the costs of inaction

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  1. Climate impacts: the costs of inaction Dr Melanie Fitzpatrick, Climate Scientist Union of Concerned Scientists 15th August, 2013 NOAA

  2. Talk Outline • Latest Climate Science • Climate Impacts in CA • Costs of Inaction

  3. The Myth of Cooling

  4. The Reality of Warming

  5. What’s the Disconnect? Source: Cook et al. 2013, Consensus Project

  6. Our heat-trapping emissions

  7. Average temperature has risen by ~1.7ºF since 1895 • Warming greatest in the Sierra Nevada • Sea level has risen 7in over the last century • More precipitation falls as rain rather than snow • More severe wildfires oehha.ca.gov

  8. Climate Impacts: The Costs of Inaction

  9. Useful websites climatechange.ca.govwww.energy.ca.gov cal-adapt.org www.globalchange.gov www.ucsusa.org Contact: Dr Melanie Fitzpatrick Climate Scientist mfitzpatrick@ucsusa.org Union of Concerned Scientists, Berkeley, CA

  10. Empowering Localities to Lead by Example Bill Carney, president, Sustainable San Rafael

  11. San Rafael Carbon Footprint

  12. Reducing Carbon

  13. Carbon Reduction Targets

  14. Marin Climate Backsliding

  15. Restoring Natural Systems

  16. Building Resilience

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