"Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for — and in many cases is already affecting — a broad range of human and natural systems." says the first report, Advancing the Science of Climate Change.

The second report, Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change, warns that prompt and sustained efforts will be needed to reduce the magnitude of future climate change. The third report, Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change, outlines the need for strategies that help natural systems and human systems adapt to the climate change that is already occurring and provide "and insurance policy against an uncertain future."

Taken together, these three reports are the strongest and clearest call to date from the scientific community for immediate, strong action to address climate change.

Learn about the 3 new National Academy of Sciences report, see the briefing from scientists involved in the reports, or order a copy of the report at the National Academy of Sciences web site here.

 

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Nebraska Wildlife Federation Report highlights falling solar costs:

Harness the Sun

Nebraska home-owners and businesses can now generate their own power for less than 10 cents/kWh.

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New report from National Wildlife Federation:

On Thin Ice: Warming Winters Put America's Hunting & Fishing Heritage at Risk

 The Academy is not alone. A conservative United States Supreme Court said in 2007, “the harms associated with climate change are serious and well recognized.” Bush Administration and Obama Administration environmental officials may agree on little else, but they agreed on one thing: the science is clear. The climate is changing, and human activities are an important contributor to this change.

Whether or not you agree with the overwhelming majority of climate scientists in the U.S. and abroad who say climate change is real and humans are a significant cause, something else should be clear: we are wasting oil, gas and coal that our children and grandchildren will need. In the process, we are spewing air pollution that is causing death and disease from asthma, lung disease and mercury poisoning.

Americans spend one billion dollars a day to buy foreign oil from countries including Saudi Arabia and Iraq. To support this addiction to oil, America’s sons and daughters are fighting, and some are dying, in the Middle East. For America to create jobs that are sustainable and prosperity that is lasting, we must kick our addiction to foreign oil and reduce our dependence on polluting fossil fuels here at home.

● Nebraska Wildlife Federation and National Wildlife Federation are working together to raise important questions about the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry tar sands oil from Canada, through Nebraska, to refineries in Oklahoma and Texas. Tar sands oil is one of the most carbon-intensive and environmentally damaging sources of oil, and the pipeline could add to climate change problems and put at risk Nebraska wetlands and the Ogallala aquifer.  Learn more here.

● The National Wildlife Federation is a national leader in the fight to protect fish, wildlife, and people from the dangers of climate change. Nebraska Wildlife Federation supports NWF's efforts to pass comprehensive climate and energy legislation in the US, and we support strong treaties internationally, that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions to acceptable levels and help wildlife and natural systems adapt to climate change.

The National Wildlife Federation has extensive information on its web site related to climate change and wildlife here.