The Oregon Climate Change Research Institute is charged, via House Bill 3543 (2007), 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Oregon Climate Assessments reflect the generous contributions and expertise of OCCRI\u2019s extensive network of university, public, and private partners. Content is peer-reviewed, and often serves as technical input to the quadrennial National Climate Assessments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The seventh Oregon Climate Assessment was released on 8 January 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Full assessment<\/a> (all content, 63 MB; download appendices A<\/a>, B<\/a>, and C<\/a> separately)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Executive summary<\/a> (two pages)<\/p>\n\n\n\n List of authors<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 Individual chapters \u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n State of climate science<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Trends in climate and advances in climate science<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Changes in the 2023 U.S. Department of Agriculture Plant Hardiness Map<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Impacts of the El Ni\u00f1o\u2013Southern Oscillation on Oregon’s weather and climate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Climate-related natural hazards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Projected changes in Oregon precipitation<\/a> (and Appendix A<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Projections of freezing rain and ice accretion in the northern Willamette Basin, Oregon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Oregon drought history and twenty-first century projections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Economy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Wildfire impacts on the economic value of privately owned timberland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Potential economic impacts of a major wildfire smoke event in Oregon<\/a> (and Appendix B<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Business and climate change<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Natural systems<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Carbon sequestration potential from afforestation and reforestation in Oregon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Connecting climate and community science through Oregon Season Tracker<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Built environment and infrastructure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Floating offshore wind energy infrastructure<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Trade-offs in planting trees in urban and suburban areas<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Public health<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Effects of climate change on transmission of infectious disease from animals to humans<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Scenarios of wildfire smoke exposure, health impacts, and associated costs in Oregon during the early and mid-twenty-first century<\/a> (and Appendix C<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Drought and health in Oregon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Social systems<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The emergence of climate litigation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Reimagining the wildfire challenge and local solutions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Integrating farmers’ perspectives into climate modeling<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Responses of Oregon’s wine industry to climate change<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n Previous Oregon Climate Assessments were released in 2010, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fleishman, E., editor. 2023. Sixth Oregon climate assessment<\/a>. Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. DOI: 10.5399\/osu\/1161. Click here for just the executive summary<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dalton, M.M., and E. Fleishman, editors. 2021. Fifth Oregon climate assessment<\/a>. Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. DOI: 10.5399\/osu\/1160. Click here for just the executive summary<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mote, P.W., J. Abatzoglou, K.D. Dello, K. Hegewisch, and D.E. Rupp, editors. 2019. Fourth Oregon climate assessment report<\/a>. Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. DOI: 10.5399\/osu\/1159.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Undergraduate students in graphic design at Oregon State University built a web version of the fourth Oregon Climate Assessment<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dalton, M.M., K.D. Dello, L. Hawkins, P.W. Mote, and D.E. Rupp. 2017. The third Oregon climate assessment report<\/a>. Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. DOI: 10.5399\/osu\/1158.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dalton, M.M., P.W. Mote, and A.K. Snover, editors. 2013. Climate change in the Northwest: implications for our landscapes, waters, and communities<\/a>. Island Press, Washington, D.C. DOI: 10.5822\/978-1-61091-512-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n