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    • About This Report
    • Guide to the Report
    • Report Credits
    • Companion Podcast
    • Additional Resources
    • About this Report
    • Guide to this Report
    • OVERVIEW
    • Physical Science
    • 2. Climate Trends
    • 3. Earth Systems Processes
    • National Topics
    • 4. Water
    • 5. Energy
    • 6. Land
    • 7. Forests
    • 8. Ecosystems
    • 9. Coasts
    • 10. Oceans
    • 11. Agriculture
    • 12. Built Environment
    • 13. Transportation
    • 14. Air Quality
    • 15. Human Health
    • 16. Indigenous Peoples
    • 17. International
    • 18. Complex Systems
    • 19. Economics
    • 20. Social Systems and Justice
    • Regions
    • 21. Northeast
    • 22. Southeast
    • 23. US Caribbean
    • 24. Midwest
    • 25. Northern Great Plains
    • 26. Southern Great Plains
    • 27. Northwest
    • 28. Southwest
    • 29. Alaska
    • 30. Hawai'i and US-Affiliated Pacific Islands
    • Responses
    • 31. Adaptation
    • 32. Mitigation
    • Focus On
    • F1. Compound Events
    • F2. Western Wildfires
    • F3. COVID-19 and Climate Change
    • F4. Risks to Supply Chains
    • F5. Blue Carbon
    • Appendices
    • A1. Process
    • A2. Information Quality
    • A3. Scenarios and Datasets
    • A4. Indicators
    • A5. Glossary

    • All Figures
    • All Key Messages
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  • EN ESPAÑOL
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Descargas de capítulos Texto preliminar PDF file icon
1: Descripción general: Comprender riesgos, efectos y respuestas PDF file icon
2: Tendencias climáticas PDF file icon
3: Procesos de los sistemas de la Tierra PDF file icon
4: El agua PDF file icon
5: Abastecimiento, suministro y demanda de energía PDF file icon
6: Cambios en la cobertura terrestre y en el uso de la tierra PDF file icon
7: Bosques PDF file icon
8: Ecosistemas, servicios ecosistémicos y biodiversidad PDF file icon
9: Efectos costeros PDF file icon
10: Ecosistemas oceánicos y recursos marinos PDF file icon
11: Agricultura, sistemas alimentarios y comunidades rurales PDF file icon
12: Entorno construido, sistemas urbanos y ciudades PDF file icon
13: Transporte PDF file icon
14: Calidad del aire PDF file icon
15: Salud humana PDF file icon
16: Tribus y pueblos indígenas PDF file icon
17: Efectos del clima en los intereses internacionales de los Estados Unidos PDF file icon
18: Interacciones sectoriales, factores de estrés múltiples y sistemas complejos PDF file icon
19: La economía PDF file icon
20: Sistemas sociales y justicia PDF file icon
21: Noreste PDF file icon
22: Sureste PDF file icon
23: Caribe estadounidense PDF file icon
24: Medio Oeste PDF file icon
25: Grandes Llanuras del Norte PDF file icon
26: Grandes Llanuras del Sur PDF file icon
27: Noroeste PDF file icon
28: Suroeste PDF file icon
29: Alaska PDF file icon
30: Hawái y las Islas del Pacífico Afiliadas a los Estados Unidos PDF file icon
31: Adaptación PDF file icon
32: Mitigación PDF file icon
Enfoque en
F1: Los eventos compuestos PDF file icon
F2: Los incendios forestales del Occidente PDF file icon
F3: El COVID-19 y el cambio climático PDF file icon
F4: Los riesgos de las cadenas de suministro PDF file icon
F5: El carbono azul PDF file icon
Anexos
A1: Proceso de desarrollo de la evaluación PDF file icon
A2: Calidad de la información PDF file icon
A3: Escenarios y bases de datos PDF file icon
A4: Indicadores PDF file icon

Likelihood

Virtually Certain Very Likely Likely As Likely as Not Unlikely Very Unikely Exceptionally Unlikely
99%–100% 90%–100% 66%–100% 33%–66% 0%–33% 0%–10% 0%–1%

Confidence Level

Very High High Medium Low
  • Strong evidence (established theory, multiple sources, well-documented and accepted methods, etc.)
  • High consensus
  • Moderate evidence (several sources, some consistency, methods vary and/or documentation limited, etc.)
  • Medium consensus
  • Suggestive evidence (a few sources, limited consistency, methods emerging, etc.)
  • Competing schools of thought
  • Inconclusive evidence (limited sources, extrapolations, inconsistent findings, poor documentation and/or methods not tested, etc.)
  • Disagreement or lack of opinions among experts

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