Abstract
Volume II of the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) - Impacts,
Risks, and Adaptation in the United States - evaluates the risks
American society faces as a result of climate change and highlights
actions underway across the country to address those risks. NCA4 Vol. II
communicates what climate change means for communities across the
country, focusing on impacts and risks affecting the things and places
we value. The report also elevates the visibility of successful
adaptation actions throughout the ten NCA4 regions (including, for the
first time, the U.S. Caribbean), with the hope that communities
elsewhere in the country can learn from these experiences. This poster
will: (1) present the Summary Findings for NCA4 Vol. II and (2)
highlight key aspects of the report Overview, which includes core
sections on Economy & Infrastructure, Natural Environment & Ecosystem
Services, and Human Health & Well-Being that synthesize findings from
the underlying report. The Summary Findings and Overview were developed
by an author team composed of the NCA4 Director, Federal Steering
Committee members, and U.S. Global Change Research Program staff and
member agency experts. They were developed in parallel with the
underlying report chapters and went through the same rigorous review
process.