Climate Change

The challenges of global climate change are both daunting but also surmountable. By lowering carbon emissions, redeveloping urban areas, investing in mass transit, designing our communities in more sustainable ways, and summoning the political will to implement these measures, the climate crisis can be averted. The predicted effects of climate change in the Pinelands and the Eastern Seaboard have been documented, and the observed effects are becoming apparent. Below are a broad range of resources offering summaries of the scientific research on climate change as it relates to the Pinelands, New Jersey, and the Middle Atlantic region.

Climate Change in New Jersey:

An Unfamiliar State: Local Impacts of Climate Change in NJ - 884.1KB
An Unfamiliar State: Local Impacts of Global Warming in New Jersey (Environment NJ, 2007)

Climate Change in the US Northeast - 3.8MB
Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast (Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment, 2006)

Climate Change Impacts in NJ (The Nature Conservancy) - 264.4KB
Climate Change Impacts in New Jersey (The Nature Conservancy, 2006)

Confronting Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast: New Jersey - 473.9KB
Confronting Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast: New Jersey (Union of Concerned Scientists, 2007)

Economic Impacts of Climate Change on New Jersey - 527.9KB
Economic Impacts of Climate Change on New Jersey (The Center for Integrative Environmental Research, University of Maryland, 2008)

Energy and Climate in New Jersey - 1.4MB
Energy and Climate in New Jersey (NJ Sustainable State Institute, 2007)

Global Warming and NJ (National Wildlife federation) - 193.5KB
Global Warming and New Jersey: Change the Forecast for Wildlife (National Wildlife Federation, 2006)

Saving New Jersey's Vanishing Shores - 1.0MB
Saving New Jersey's Vanishing Shores (EPA)