Oregon is already experiencing increased temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, reduced snowpack, drier summers, and more frequent and damaging wildfires as a result of climate change. Read the Climate Action Roadmap to 2030. Learn about meeting Oregon’s goals

Jan 11, 2023 · The Sixth Climate Assessment describes how climate change is affecting Oregon’s environment and natural systems, economy, and communities, and presents projections of future impacts under varying emissions scenarios.

Jan 12, 2021 · Oregon last week released its fifth biennial climate assessment, which illustrates the past, present and future implications of climate change on the state and its people. As you may have...

Sep 2, 2024 · Climate change will continue to have wide-ranging effects on communities across Oregon, depending on where they are, how many people live there, and how much money their local governments have...

Oregon’s climate is not only diverse, it is also changing. In geological time—the intervals of time that geologists use to chart changes and sequences of events in the rock record—Oregon’s climate has vacillated between tropical and arctic.

At the direction of former Governor Brown, DLCD began coordinating the State of Oregon's work on the Oregon Climate Change Adaptation Framework. The Framework explores the impacts of climate change in Oregon and identifies how state agencies can effectively respond to them.

Climate change in Oregon encompasses the effects of climate change, attributed to man-made increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, in the U.S. state of Oregon. The United States Environmental Protection Agency reports: "Oregon's climate is changing.

In 2023, state and federal leaders increased investments to protect people in Oregon at highest risk of health impacts from climate change-driven health risks, to make homes more resilient to extreme weather, and to increase tree canopy across the state to reduce heat island effects.

Oregon’s climate is changing. Over the past century, most of the state has warmed about two degrees (F). Snowpack is melting earlier in the year, and the flow of meltwater into streams during summer is declining.

The Oregon Climate Action Commission tracks trends in greenhouse gas emissions, recommends ways to coordinate state and local efforts to reduce emissions, and works to prepare communities for the effects of climate change.