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Reports Library

The Reports Library features scientific assessments, annual reports, strategic research plans, and other resources produced by USGCRP and the collaborative efforts of our member agencies. Select reports by other authoritative scientific bodies with whom we work, such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the National Research Council (NRC), are also accessible here. Most reports are available for download (open and click View); some can be ordered in print free of charge (open and click Add to Cart). 

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National Climate Assessment

Cover of the Third National Climate Assessment

The 3rd National Climate Assessment, released by USGCRP in May 2014, is the most comprehensive and authoritative report on climate change and its impacts in the United States. 

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  • View or request a free copy of the Overview
  • View or request a free copy of the Highlights

 

Other Popular Reports

  • Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Global Change Research Program for Fiscal Year 2017
  • The National Global Change Research Plan 2012-2021: A Triennial Update​​
  • The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment​
  • National Global Change Research Plan 2012–2021
  • IPCC. Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report

AMAP Assessment 2015: Black carbon and ozone as Arctic climate forcers

This assessment report presents the results of the 2015 AMAP Assessment of Black Carbon and Ozone as Arctic climate forcers. This assessment complements a separate 2015 AMAP assessment of methane as an Arctic climate forcer.

Arctic Climate Issues 2015: Short-lived Climate Pollutants – Summary for Policy-Makers

This document presents the policy-relevant findings of the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme's 2015 assessments of short-lived climate forcers (methane, black carbon , and ozone ).

Arctic Pollution Issues 2015: Persistent Organic Pollutants; Radioactivity in the Arctic; Human Health in the Arctic – Summary for Policy-Makers

This document presents the policy-relevant findings of the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme's 2015 assessments of persistent organic pollutants, radioactivity, and human health in the Arctic.

Arctic Ocean Acidification 2013: An Overview

This Overview Report presents a summary of the first comprehensive assessment of Arctic Ocean Acidification conducted by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP).

Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment

The National Climate Assessment summarizes the impacts of climate change on the United States, now and in the future. A team of more than 300 experts guided by a 60-member Federal Advisory Committee produced the report, which was extensively reviewed by the public and experts, including federal agencies and a panel of the National Academy of Sciences. The report can be explored interactively at http://nca2014.globalchange.gov.

Highlights of Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment

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The 148-page Highlights book presents the major findings and selected highlights from Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment. The Highlights report is organized around the National Climate Assessment’s 12 Report Findings, which take an overarching view of the entire report and its 30 chapters.

IPCC. Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change - Summary for Policymakers and Technical Summary

This IPCC report provides a comprehensive and transparent assessment of relevant options for mitigating climate change through limiting or preventing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as well as activities that reduce their concentrations in the atmosphere.

Overview of Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment

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This 20-page booklet provides a high-level compendium of Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment. The Overview covers the most important impacts at the national level but does not attempt to provide a comprehensive summary of the entire assessment.

Trends in Stockholm Convention Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) in Arctic Air, Human Media and Biota

This report summarizes results of POP trend-monitoring studies conducted under the auspices of the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) that are relevant to the Stockholm Convention.

Vistas of African Science: Advancing Knowledge through START's Grants for Global Environmental Change in Africa Program

This report highlights eight years of START’s Africa Global Environmental Change (GEC) Grants Program, focusing on the significance and development of the program for GEC research in Africa and the major accomplishments of grant award recipients from 2004 to 2012.

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