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Climate Change Impacts and Adapting to Change

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The changing climate impacts society and ecosystems in a broad variety of ways. For example climate change can increase or decrease rainfall, influence agricultural crop yields, affect human health, cause changes to forests and other ecosystems, or even impact our energy supply. Climate-related impacts are occurring across regions of the country and across many sectors of our economy. Many state and local governments are already preparing for the impacts of climate change through "adaptation," which is planning for the changes that are expected to occur.

Explore the impacts of climate change and adaptation efforts by region or by sector.

Impacts and Adaptation by Region
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Adaptation Resources
Impacts and Adaptation by Sector
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Basic Information Greenhouse Gas Emissions Science What EPA is Doing What You Can Do
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Costs, and Benefits At Home
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