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Climate impacts: the costs of inaction. Dr Melanie Fitzpatrick, Climate Scientist Union of Concerned Scientists 15 th August, 2013. NOAA. Talk Outline. Latest Climate Science Climate Impacts in CA Costs of Inaction. The Myth of Cooling. The Reality of Warming. What ’ s the Disconnect?.
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Climate impacts: the costs of inaction Dr Melanie Fitzpatrick, Climate Scientist Union of Concerned Scientists 15th August, 2013 NOAA
Talk Outline • Latest Climate Science • Climate Impacts in CA • Costs of Inaction
What’s the Disconnect? Source: Cook et al. 2013, Consensus Project
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
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
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