The Oregon Legislative Assembly charges OCCRI with biennial assessment of the state of climate change science, including biological, physical, and social science, as it relates to Oregon and the likely effects of climate change on the state.
The Oregon Climate Assessments reflect the generous contributions and expertise of OCCRI’s extensive network of university, public, and private partners. Content is peer-reviewed, and often serves as technical input to the quadrennial National Climate Assessments.
Oregon Climate Assessments were released in 2010, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023.
Fleishman, E., editor. 2023. Sixth Oregon climate assessment. Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. DOI: 10.5399/osu/1161.
Full assessment (all content, 47 MB)
Executive summary (two pages)
Individual chapters
Changes in the water cycle and the contributions of community science
Built environment: land-use law
Tribal resilience to climate change
Dalton, M.M., and E. Fleishman, editors. 2021. Fifth Oregon climate assessment. Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. DOI: 10.5399/osu/1160. Click here for just the executive summary.
Mote, P.W., J. Abatzoglou, K.D. Dello, K. Hegewisch, and D.E. Rupp, editors. 2019. Fourth Oregon climate assessment report. Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. DOI: 10.5399/osu/1159.
Undergraduate students in graphic design at Oregon State University built a web version of the fourth Oregon Climate Assessment.
Dalton, M.M., K.D. Dello, L. Hawkins, P.W. Mote, and D.E. Rupp. 2017. The third Oregon climate assessment report. Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. DOI: 10.5399/osu/1158.
Dalton, M.M., P.W. Mote, and A.K. Snover, editors. 2013. Climate change in the Northwest: implications for our landscapes, waters, and communities. Island Press, Washington, D.C. DOI: 10.5822/978-1-61091-512-0.
Dello, K.D., and P.W. Mote, editors. 2010. Oregon climate assessment report. Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. DOI: 10.5399/osu/1157.
