climate impacts

Looking down a street in South Beach in the brilliant sun. Palm fronds look a little parched.

Matt Alaniz/Unsplash

August 13, 2021

More Heat This Weekend–More Inequities of Keeping Cool

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

at least 10 firefighters standing in a long line in front of a burning landscape, the Dixie fire in California

CALFIRE_Official/Flickr

August 13, 2021

We Have an Infrastructure Bill. We Still Need Bold Climate Action Urgently

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

Haze from wildfire smoke obscures a view of San Francisco from across the water. Everything in the photo appears yellow, orange, or brown with the pollution in the air.

Nick Herasimenka/Unsplash

August 4, 2021

Let’s Make Fossil Fuel Polluters Pay—Five Ways to Thwart Their Smokescreen

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

Jonathan Ford/Unsplash

June 23, 2021

Using Science for Equitable Policies: A framework for climate scientists

UCS Science Network

Reject Keystone XL -- NOW Protest Seattle. Damien Conway/flickr

June 21, 2021

Keystone Cancellation Is a Hard-Won Victory for a Social Movement That Must Keep Pushing for More

UCS Science Network

350.org

October 6, 2020

Climate Litigation Spreads across the United States

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

Russ Munn/AgStock Images

March 3, 2020

Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture in the Midwest

Jessica Collingsworth
Former Contributor

Hawaii Sea Grant

February 20, 2020

In a Snapshot, “Sea” the Future Today

UCS Science Network

Njeri Mwangi/Reuters

January 30, 2020

East African Locust Crisis Shows how Climate Change Threatens Food Security

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

Smoke billows form the East Gippsland bushfires. Credit: DELWP: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-05/aerial-shot-of-smoke-billowing-from-east-gippsland-bushfires-in/11839606

January 10, 2020

Bushfire-Ravaged Australia Is Crying for Climate Action

Melanie Fitzpatrick

(U.S. Air Force photo by Delanie Stafford)

December 5, 2019

Three Reasons why The Pentagon Must Address Climate Change as a National Security Threat

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

October 30, 2019

Indigenous People of Louisiana and the Oil Industry: An Ishak Reflection

UCS Science Network

Photo: Kim Hansen/Wikimedia Commons

August 21, 2019

Economics, Equity, and Climate Change: Back to School on Climate Economics

UCS Blog

Photo: Craig Davidenko/Drone Media

July 29, 2019

My Written Testimony on Transportation Infrastructure and Climate Change

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

Adam Markham

July 2, 2019

A New Way to Assess Impacts of Climate Change on World Heritage Sites

Adam Markham
Former Staff

NASA

November 23, 2018

New National Climate Assessment Shows Climate Change is a Threat to our Economy, Infrastructure and Health

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

Photo: FEMO

November 7, 2018

Climate Changes Health: The Backstory is the Front Story

UCS Science Network

Chief Petty Officer Stephen Kelly/US Coast Guard

October 5, 2018

Seven Things You Should Know About the IPCC 1.5°C Special Report and its Policy Implications

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

May 30, 2018

Weathering the Storm: Building Community Resilience in Environmental Justice Communities

UCS Science Network

The view from aerial tour of Hurricane Sandy damage of New Jersey's barrier beaches, Nov. 18, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Sonya N. Hebert)

May 16, 2018

Building the Right Project: An Engineer’s Perspective on Infrastructure Adaptation to Extreme Weather Events

UCS Science Network

Nick Ohde /Practical Farmers of Iowa

April 3, 2018

Crop Diversity: A Nice Thing If You Can Get It (and You Can Get It If You Try)

UCS Science Network

July 7, 2017

Timing, Pollinators, and the Impact of Climate Change

UCS Science Network

A Honduran farmer digs irrigation channels in advance of maize planting.

Photo: Neil Palmer, CIAT/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, Flickr

October 11, 2016

Making Agriculture “Climate-Smart” in Latin America and the Caribbean

UCS Science Network

May 19, 2016

With the First Lawsuit Against ExxonMobil for Climate Deception Announced, What Do We Know About Its Risk from Climate Change Impacts?

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS