National Climate Assessment #NCA published the FOURTH NATIONAL CLIMATE ASSESSMENT

on #BlackFriday when everyone else is distracted. I wonder why ;)

1. Communities #Climatechange creates new risks and exacerbates existing vulnerabilities in communities across the #UnitedStates, presenting growing challenges to human health and safety, quality of life, and the rate of economic growth.
2. #Economy Without substantial and sustained global mitigation and regional adaptation efforts, climate change is expected to cause growing losses to American infrastructure and property and impede the rate of economic growth over this century.
3. Interconnected Impacts Climate change affects the natural, built, and social systems we rely on individually and through their connections to one another. These interconnected systems are increasingly vulnerable to cascading impacts that are often difficult to predict, threatening essential services within and beyond the Nation’s borders.
4. Actions to Reduce Risks Communities, governments, and businesses are working to reduce risks from and costs associated with climate change by taking action to lower greenhouse gas emissions and implement adaptation strategies. While mitigation and adaptation efforts have expanded substantially in the last four years, they do not yet approach the scale considered necessary to avoid substantial damages to the economy, environment, and human health over the coming decades.
5. Water The quality and quantity of #water available for use by people and ecosystems across the #country are being affected by climate change, increasing risks and costs to agriculture, energy production, industry, recreation, and the environment. .... .... https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/

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