Spanish Language

CCASS and the U.S. Global Climate Change Research Program (USGCRP) have collaborated to provide Spanish versions of selected publications of (and related to) the Third National Climate Assessment Report (NCA3). 

The Report-in-Brief of the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4), released in November 2018, as well as additional Spanish-language resources related to climate change, are also available below.


Fourth National Climate Assessment Report-in-Brief

The NCA4 Volume II Report-in-Brief presents overall summary findings, an overview that synthesizes material from the underlying chapters, and executive summaries for each chapter of this volume.

Third National Climate Assessment Highlights

This book presents the major findings and selected highlights from Climate Change Impacts in the United States, the third National Climate Assessment.The Highlights report is organized around NCA3's twelve Report Findings, which take an overarching view of the entire report and its 30 chapters. All material in the Highlights is drawn from the full report.  

Léelo en español (Read Spanish selections):

Read full Highlights in English

Southwest Climate Assessment Report

Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwest United States speaks broadly and clearly about climate and its effects on the people and landscapes of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, the U.S.– Mexico border region, and the lands of Native Nations. Published in 2013 by Island Press, this regional assessment was a technical input to the NCA3 and is available below. 

A landmark study in terms of its coverage and analysis (and a synthesis of knowledge from some 120 contributing experts), the book offers decision makers and stakeholders a substantial basis from which to make informed choices that will affect the well-being of the region’s inhabitants in the decades to come.

IPCC 5th Assessment Report Highlights

The Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was issued in 2013 and 2014 in three Working Group (WG) reports and a Synthesis Report. 

WG I Report

Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis / Cambio Climático 2013: Bases Físicas
provides a comprehensive assessment of the physical science basis of climate change. 

WG II Report

Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability / Cambio Climático 2014: Impactos, Adaptación, y Vulnerabilidad
considers the vulnerability and exposure of human and natural systems, the observed impacts and future risks of climate change, and the potential for and limits to adaptation.  

WG III Report

Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change
assesses the options for mitigating climate change and their underlying technological, economic, and institutional requirements, and described the risks, uncertainty, and ethical foundations of climate change mitigation policies at global, national, and subnational levels.  

Synthesis Report Overview

An overview of the Synthesis Report, summarizing findings from Working Groups I, II, and III of the Fifth Assessment Report of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, was released in 2014.

Additional Resources from:

Fomentando Comunidades Adaptables/Building Resilient Communities

(materiales al nivel vecinal en el sur de Arizona,  ©Climate Smart Southwest / Physicians for Social Responsibility, Vulnerable Communities and Neighborhoods Task Force, 2014)

Watershed Management Group

  • Infraestructura Verde - manual de Infraestructura verde para comunidades del Desierto Sonorense. Esta nueva versión incluye información e imágenes específicas para Baja California Sur 

​ Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy

  • Avanzando desde la Vulnerabilidad hacia la Adaptación: El Cambio Climático, la Sequía, y la Demanda del Agua en Áreas Urbanas del Suroeste de los EEUU y el Norte de México, ed. M. Wilder, C.A. Scott, N. Pineda-Pablos, R.G. Vardady, and G.M. Garfin, 2012. (Moving Forward from Vulnerability to Adaptation; bilingual publication)

Articles of Interest

New York Times