The Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts is committed to public outreach to enhance our understanding of climate change and develop adaptation strategies to build our state’s resilience.
This page, including Spanish translations, was funded in part by the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Our Experts in the News
July 2, 2024 | Time magazine
Climate Change and Extreme Weather
Hurricane Beryl’s record-setting intensification into a Category 5 storm may be a sign of things to come for extreme weather events.
Working Groups in Action
A warmer and wetter climate has far-reaching effects on our built environment and landscape. Learn how our working groups are helping communities to better understand the impacts of climate change in Wisconsin and develop solutions to create a more climate-resilient landscape.
Great Lakes coastal communities and ecology at risk from warming climate
(Spanish translation available / traducción al español disponible)
Flooding and bluff erosion from extreme storms are impacting Wisconsin’s Great Lakes coastlines
(Spanish translation available / traducción al español disponible)
Warmer winters and extreme rain are stressing Wisconsin’s forest resources
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Warming temperatures, changing precipitation patterns affecting Wisconsin’s water resources
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Climate Wisconsin
Climate Wisconsin is an educational multimedia collection from PBS Wisconsin Education featuring stories about how climate change has impacted and will continue to impact life in the state.
PBS Wisconsin Education collaborated with Wisconsin educators and climate experts to update the information in the collection, create teaching guides for each climate story to identify actions that may impact changes to our climate, and provide additional materials from respected Wisconsin organizations.
Presentations
These presentations, a sample of the most recent by WICCI participants, are a window into the work of WICCI’s members and affiliates.
Climate Science and How it Informs Future Design Conditions
World Environmental and Water Resources Congress (May 2024)
Adapting our Infrastructure to Changing Rainfall – It’s complicated
UW-Madison, Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, Weston Roundtable (December, 2022)
Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts 2021 Assessment Report
Green Bay Conservation Partners Virtual Spring Roundtable (May 2022)
Wisconsin’s Changing Climate, Impacts, and Adaptation Strategies
Wisconsin Land + Water 69th Annual Conference (March 2022)
Webinar: Wisconsin’s Changing Climate: Impacts and Adaptation Strategies
1000 Friends of Wisconsin (March 2022)
Climate Trends in Wisconsin and Impacts on Agriculture
University of Wisconsin Extension (December 2021)
Adapting to a Changing Great Lakes Coast
Wednesday Nite @ the Lab (April 29, 2021)
The Effects of Earth’s Health on Human Health
Presentation by Jonathan Patz to the Spring 2020 Aquatic Academy (March 2020)