Resources
Lectures and Presentations
- October 29, 2009
- Overview of Climate Change in Wisconsin and WICCI presented by Dick Lathrop digital video recording and slide presentation
- September 21, 2009 WICCI Working Group Workshop, DeForest, WI
- Recent Climate Change Across Wisconsin presented by Chris Kucharik: digital video recording and slide presentation
- Future Projections presented by Dan Vimont: digital video recording and slide presentation
- Strategic Vision, Adaptive Assessment Report, and Working Group Products presented by Jack Sullivan and Dick Lathrop: digital video recording
- Social Science and Climate Change presented by Sharon Dunwoody: digital video recording
*Digital video recording links may not work well in browsers other than Internet Explorer.
- May 7, 2009 Bracing for Impact, Madison, WI
Changes in Wisconsin's Weather Extremes presented by Steve Vavrus, Senior Scientist, Center for Climatic Research, UW-Madison
Click here to watch the video and select "05/07/2009" in the drop-down menu at the bottom of the screen.
- May 7, 2009 Minnesota Waters Lakes and Rivers Conference
The Potential Influence of Climate Change on Inland Waters, & Fish and Fisheries Ecology presented by John Magnuson, Co-Chair, WICCI Science Council
- April 30, 2009 Bracing for Impact, Madison, WI
Riding Out the Storm presented by David Liebl, Faculty Associate, Department of Engineering Professional Development, College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center, University of Wisconsin-Cooperative Extension
Click here to watch the video and select "04/30/2009" in the drop-down menu at the bottom of the screen.
- April 20, 2009 LaFollette School of Public Affairs Symposium "From Sandbags to Sanity: The Policy Implications of the Midwest Floods of 2008", Madison, WI
How Should We Manage Flood Risks in a Changing Climate? presented by Ken Potter, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UW-Madison
- April 20, 2009 WDNR Earth Week event, Madison, WI
Forestry and Climate Change presented by Avery Dorland, Forest Geneticist and Nursery Coordinator , WDNR
- March 25-26, 2009 Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance Stormwater Conference, Kimberly, WI
Adapting the Design and Management of Storm Water Related Infrastructure to Climate Change presented by Ken Potter, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UW-Madison
- March 25, 2009 Energy Summit, Milwaukee, WI
Challenges of Climate Change Adaptation presented by John Magnuson, Co-Chair, WICCI Science Council
- March 19, 2009 Bracing for Impact, Madison, WI
Recent Evidence of Wisconsin Climate Change presented by Chris Kucharik, Assistant Professor of Agronomy and Environmental Studies, UW-Madison
Click here to watch the video and select "03/19/2009" in the drop-down menu at the bottom of the screen.
- March 4, 2009 Bracing for Impact, Madison, WI
Wisconsin's Future Climate presented by Michael Notaro, Assistant Scientist, Center for Climatic Research, UW-Madison
Click here to watch the video and select "03/04/2009" in the drop-down menu at the bottom of the screen.
- February 26, 2009 Bracing for Impact, Madison, WI
WICCI: Adapting to our Changing Environment presented by Dick Lathrop, Research Limnologist, WDNR
Climate Change in Wisconsin presented by Dan Vimont, Assistant Professor, Center for Climatic Research, UW-Madison
Click here to watch the video and select "02/26/2009" in the drop-down menu at the bottom of the screen.
- April 22, 2008 Wisconsin Natural Resources Board Climate Change Briefing - Includes Lewis Gilbert and Jack Sullivan's presentation on WICCI and Jon Foley's presentation on climate change science: Climate change presentations at Wisconsin Natural Resources Board meeting
- February 15, 2008 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting Plenary Address by Judith Rodin, President, Rockefeller Foundation: Climate Change Adaptation: The Next Great Challenge for the Developing World (video)
- January 24, 2008 Presentation to the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Board by Jonathan Patz, UW-Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and Department of Population Health Sciences: Climate Change and Public Health
Reports and Articles
- Psychology and Global Climate Change: Addressing a Multi-faceted Phenomenon and Set of Challenges
American Psychological Association (APA), Fall 2009
- Climate Change Adaptation, Strategic Federal Planning Could Help Government Officials Make More Informed Decisions
Government Accountability Office (GAO), October 2009
* You may also read the Environment & Energy Publishing (E&E) article White House must take lead in national adaptation strategy.
- Voluntary Guidance for States to Incorporate
Climate Change into State Wildlife Action Plans & Other Management Plans
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA), 2009
- Rising to the Challenge: Strategic Plan for Responding to Accelerating Climate Change (DRAFT)
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 2009
- Voluntary Guidance for States to Incorporate
Climate Change into State Wildlife Action Plans & Other Management Plans
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA), 2009
- California Climate Adaptation Strategy Discussion Draft
California Natural Resources Agency, 2009
- Increased Flooding Risk: Global Warming’s Wake-Up Call for Riverfront Communities
National Wildlife Federation, 2009
- Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States
U.S. Global Change Research Program, June 2009
- Paying the Premium: Insurance as a risk management tool for climate change
World Resources Institute, June 2009 (WRI Working Paper)
- Adaptation Emerges As Key Part Of Any Climate Change Plan
Yale Environment 360, May 2009
- Managing the Health Effects of Climate Change (PDF)
Lancet and University College London Institute for Global Health Commission, May 2009
- Scientific Assessment of the Effects of Global Change on the United States
U.S. Climate Change Science Program's report on the effects of climate change on the United States, May 2008
- The Deadly Dozen (PDF)
Wildlife Conservation Society report on the 12 diseases that will likely spread to new areas as the climate changes
- Potential Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Transportation: Special Report 290 (PDF)
Committee on Climate Change and U.S. Transportation, National Research Council, 2008
- Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate
U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research - Regions of Focus: North America, Hawaii, Caribbean, and U.S. Pacific Islands, June 2008
- Hotter and Drier: The West's Changed Climate (PDF)
Rocky Mountain Climate Organization/NRDC, March 2008
- Wisconsin's Strategy for Reducing Global Warming
Final report of the Governor's Global Warming Task Force, July 2008
Read the highlights here.
- Weathering the Storm: Options for Framing Adaptation and Development (PDF)
World Resources Institute Report, 2007
- IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, 2007
- Climate Change: Financial Risks to Federal and Private Insurers in Coming Decades Are Potentially Significant (PDF)
U.S. Government Accountability Office, Report to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate, March 2007
