Climate Change Archives

View archived materials that were previously posted on AMWA's Climate Change webpage.  The following information is sorted by date and source.

AMWA Documents

AMWA comments on EPA's Office of Water (OW) climate change strategy, June 2008

Associations call on Congress to address water impacts of climate change, May 2008

AMWA comments on the Climate Change Science Program (CCSP), February 2008

AMWA White Paper, Implications of Climate Change for Urban Water Utilities, December 2007

Summary of AMWA's white paper, December 2007

Examples of water utility initiatives to combat climate change, December 2007

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Government Resources

CCSP Report, Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate, June 2008.

CCSP Report, Scientific Assessment of the Effects of Global Change on the United States, May 2008

CCSP Report, The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity, May 2008

EPA Guidebook, Ensuring a Sustainable Future: An Energy Management Guidebook for Wastewater and Water Utilities, January 2008

USGS Report, Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change for the Water Resources of the United States, 2007

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Other Reports

New York City Department of Environmental Protection's Climate Action Plan, May 2008

California Urban Water Agencies (CUWA) report, Climate Change and Urban Water Resources: Investing for Reliability, December 2007

IPCC report, Climate Change Mitigation - Summary for Policymakers, May 2007

IPCC report, Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability: Summary for Policymakers, April 2007

Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) climate change reports, 2006