This 35-page, special climate change report for a California coastal county, gives you an example of the local climate change projections you can expect for your community if you engage in a ClimateWise® planning process. This report:
- Explains the critical difference between climate “predictions” and “projections”
- Points to signs of climate change impacts already present
- Summarizes global climate change projections and how those projections relate to local extreme weather patterns your community could face
- Makes the important distinction between specialized terms like:
- “Climate projection”
- “Climate projection or forecast”
- “Scenario”
- Explains the scientific basis for ClimateWise®’s analysis of what conditions the community might expect in the future
- Discusses climate models and their limitations
- Details how to determine certainty levels in climate change-related projections
- Explains the 3 different formats it uses to help your community better understand local climate change projections
- Provides specific, detailed maps, graphs, and text to show you these projected changes in local climate related to global warming:
- Temperature
- Precipitation
- Vegetation
- Forest and Rangeland Fire
- Sea Level Rise
- Integrates supporting studies and provides full citations to 10 major scientific studies used in the report
