Publications

• Waste Management Reports – selected publications related to climate change and municipal waste management.

• Sea Level Rise Reports – a collection of selected publications related to climate change, coastal areas, and sea level rise.

• Reference Material – documents from the UNFCCC and the IPCC as well as a selection of guidance documents.

• Position Papers – a collection of documents providing background on the U.S. position concerning global climate change.

• Outreach Material – a one-stop source for outreach materials designed to inform the public about global warming.

• International Material – a collection of documents focusing beyond the borders of the United States.

• Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reports – United States inventories of greenhouse gas emissions and sinks.

• EPA Conference Reports – a series of reports from EPA's regional climate change conferences.

• Additional Documents – reports, information sheets, and brochures.

Additional Documents

• Report to Congress: The Potential Effects of Global Climate Change on the United States (1989) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA 230-05-89-050). Examines the potential impacts of the greenhouse effect nationally and, more specifically, on four regions of the United States: California, the Great Lakes, the Southeast, and the Great Plains.

• An Annotated Summary of Climate Change Related Resources (March, 2000) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA 236-F-99-001). Focusing on the international reader, this document is a tool for identifying the range of available resources pertaining to climate change.

• State Climate Change Impacts Information Sheets (1997, 98) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. U.S. state specific information sheets on climate change and its potential impacts. US EPA publication series includes all 50 states.

• Wise Rules for Industrial Efficiency; A Tool Kit for Estimating Energy Savings and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions (2003), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA 231-R-98-014; 1.4M pdf). Estimate energy, cost and CO2 savings from a variety of process efficiency measures.

• Climate Change and Health: Need for Expanded Scope of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, an article by Jonathan A. Patz, MD, MPH, a leading expert from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.

• Hot Weather Health Watch by Stephen P. Mullin, City Representative, Philadelphia, PA. Hot Weather Health Watch issueas City Health Department begins new hot weather health watch and warning system.

• Project Summary: Demonstration of the Environmental and Demand-side Management Benefits of Grid-connected Photovoltaic Power Systems (1996), Edward C. Kern, Jr. and Daniel L. Greenberg, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA 320-F-97-001; 36k pdf).

• Climate Change and the Boston Area Water Supply (1995), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The uncertain consequences of climate change for future water supply in the Boston area exacerbates the problems of local water resource planning and water supply investment decisions.

• Ecological Impacts From Climate Change: An Economic Analysis of Freshwater Recreational Fishing (1995), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This study focuses on freshwater fishing in rivers and streams as a starting point for estimating potential impacts to recreational fishing from climate change.

• Climate Change and the Colorado River Basin (1993), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Assessing the sensitivity of the Colorado River by evaluating the effects of runoff changes and the effects of changes in precipitation and temperature.

EPA Conference Reports

• Fourth State And Local Climate Change Partners' Conference Report (689k pdf) – November 1-3, 2000 in Alexandria, Virginia.

• Global Climate Change: What Does It Mean For South Florida And The Florida Keys? (933k pdf) – April 1999 conferences in Miami and Marathon, Florida.

• Climate Change: What Does It Mean For The Midwest? (722k pdf) – May 1999 regional conference in Kansas City, Missouri.

• Will Climate Change Where The Wild Things Are? (480k pdf) – October 1998 wildlife conference at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.

• Third Annual State And Local Climate Change Partners' Conference – October 1998 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The conference report is available in a Special Issue (Winter 1999) of the electronic journal Inside the Greenhouse.

• Climate Change: What Does It Mean For The Southwest? (380k pdf) – September 1998 regional conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

• Global Warming: What Does It Mean For Upstate NY And Great Lakes? (450k pdf) – June 1998 regional conference in Buffalo, New York.

• Emerging Public Health Threats And The Role Of Climate Change (1.1M pdf) – March 1998 public health conference in Atlanta, Georgia.

• Global Climate Change: What Does It Mean For The Mid-Atlantic States? (1.7M pdf) – February 1998 regional conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

• Climate Change: What Does It Mean For The Central Southwest? (280k pdf) – October 1997 regional conference in Dallas, Texas.

• Global Climate Change: Impacts For The Southeast (293k pdf) – September 1997 regional conference in Atlanta, Georgia.

• Global Climate Change: What Does It Mean For The Midwest And The Great Lakes? (531k pdf) – September 1997 regional conference in Chicago, Illinois.

• Global Warming: What Does It Mean For New England? (808k pdf) – June 1997 regional conference in Boston, Massachusetts.