{"id":26104,"date":"2025-07-21T19:53:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T00:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/?p=26104"},"modified":"2025-07-21T19:53:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T00:53:25","slug":"national-climate-assessment-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/index.php\/archives\/2025\/07\/national-climate-assessment-links\/","title":{"rendered":"National Climate Assessment links"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kcite-section\" kcite-section-id=\"26104\">\n\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/01\/climate\/national-climate-assessment.html\" title=\"some reason\">some reason<\/a>, it has become hard to locate the various National Climate Assessments (NCAs) that have been produced by the USGCRP over the decades (and it&#8217;s pretty hard to find the USGRCP as well&#8230;). However, the reports are still accessible if you know where to look. So for future reference, here are all the links (and we&#8217;ve downloaded the pdfs locally so that they will always be available here). <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"464\" height=\"600\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/images\/\/nca-464x600.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26123 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 464px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 464\/600;width:208px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/images\/nca-464x600.png 464w, https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/images\/nca-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/images\/nca-116x150.png 116w, https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/images\/nca-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/images\/nca-1583x2048.png 1583w, https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/images\/nca-scaled.png 1978w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>NCA1<\/strong> (2000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140508024857\/http:\/\/downloads.globalchange.gov\/nca\/nca-2000-report-overview.pdf\" title=\"Full report\">Full report<\/a> (via the internet archive) (<a href=\"https:\/\/globalchange.govarchive.us\/reports\/climate-change-impacts-united-states-potential-consequences-climate-variability-and-change\" title=\"via gov archive\">via gov archive<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/images\/\/nca-2000-report-overview.pdf\" title=\"local pdf\">local pdf<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NCA2<\/strong> (2009)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140506235041\/http:\/\/nca2014.globalchange.gov\/report\" title=\"\">Full report<\/a> (via the internet archive) (<a href=\"https:\/\/nca2009-globalchange.govarchive.us\/download-report\/index.html\" title=\"\">via gov archive<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/images\/\/nca2_climate-impacts-report.pdf\" title=\"local pdf\">local pdf<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NCA3<\/strong> (2014)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.noaa.gov\/view\/noaa\/19485\" title=\"\">Full Report <\/a>(via the NOAA library) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/images\/\/noaa_19485_DS1.pdf\" title=\"local pdf\">local pdf<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140507033559\/http:\/\/nca2014.globalchange.gov\/system\/files_force\/downloads\/low\/NCA3_Full_Report_Appendix_3_Climate_Science_Supplement_LowRes.pdf?download=1\" title=\"\">Climate Science Supplement<\/a> (via the internet archive) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/images\/\/NCA3_Full_Report_Appendix_3_Climate_Science_Supplement_LowRes.pdf\" title=\"local pdf\">local pdf<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NCA4<\/strong> (2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.noaa.gov\/view\/noaa\/19486\" title=\"Volume 1 \">Volume 1 <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.noaa.gov\/view\/noaa\/19486\">Climate Science Special Report<\/a> (via the NOAA library) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/images\/\/noaa_19486_DS1.pdf\" title=\"local pdf\">local pdf<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.noaa.gov\/view\/noaa\/19487\" title=\"Volume 2\">Volume 2 Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States<\/a> (via the NOAA Library) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclimate.com\/docs\/noaa_19487_DS1.pdf\" title=\"local pdf\">local pdf<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NCA5<\/strong> (2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nca-atlas-nationalclimate.hub.arcgis.com\/\" title=\"he NCA5 Atlas\">The NCA5 Atlas<\/a> (via ESRI)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.noaa.gov\/view\/noaa\/61592\" title=\"Full report\">Full report<\/a> (via the NOAA Library) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/docs\/noaa_61592_DS1.pdf\" title=\"\">local pdf<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NCA6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no ongoing NCA6 process, even though it is mandated by Congress to be completed over the next few years. 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