Explore the Assessment
The New York State Climate Impacts Assessment provides timely, relevant, and accessible information on the impacts of climate change to all levels of decision-makers and the diverse communities that shape the state.
Building on the 2011 ClimAID effort, this assessment helps inform decisions around climate resilience, preparedness, and disaster response and recovery. It presents data and information to help New Yorkers understand how climate change might affect the state, take action to deal with today’s impacts, and plan and prepare for future impacts.
Select a topic below to view summaries of climate projections and impacts in New York State, explore case studies about impacts and adaptations in real communities across the state, or learn about the economic costs and benefits that could result from a changing climate.
Download the Chapters
We respectfully acknowledge the traditional lands, waters, and territories of the Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Mohawk, Seneca, Shinnecock, Tonawanda Seneca, Tuscarora, Unkechaug, Cayuga Seneca, Delaware Nation, Delaware Tribe of Indians, and Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation. Their enduring connection to these territories is not only acknowledged but actively woven into this climate assessment, emphasizing the collective expertise contributed by each nation through their respective Indigenous scientists, knowledge keepers, and environmental leaders.
Summaries of how the state’s climate has changed and is projected to change through this century.
Explore climate impacts in an interactive table, sorted by sector and climate hazard.
Learn more about the state’s geography, government, demographics, economy, and equity and justice concerns.
