The Climate Conversation: We Can Do It!
It’s the first week of December, and one of us spent an entire afternoon working in the garden, while the other hiked in the Missions to 5,000 feet without encountering snow. Like the drought that choked the inflow to Flathead last summer, we’re entering unchartered territory due to our warmer, more erratic climate.
This might be a good time to bring your attention to a new report called the Fifth National Climate Assessment, which is ordered by Congress every five years under laws passed in the late 1980s and 90s by the Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations.
Written by some 500 authors and 250 technical consultants and peer-reviewed before publication, the Fifth Assessment is meant to be a one-stop shop. The authors describe it as “the state of the science.” It doesn’t offer any new research but summarizes what we know about climate change to give decision-makers in Congress the best possible information. It can help guide our decisions, too.
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