Through more extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and rising global temperatures, climate change is impacting the health of our communities in many ways [1]. Throughout Public Lab you’ll find tools and resources to research and monitor the effects of climate change on your local environment. From water quality to air quality to disaster response, many of the environmental issues addressed on Public Lab connect back to climate change and its impacts. 
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This page is a place to collect and organize resources on taking climate action through community science. Get updates on this topic by [subscribing](/subscribe/tag/climate-change) to [`climate-change`](/tag/climate-change).

Sources: 1. [Climate effects on health](https://www.cdc.gov/climateandhealth/effects/default.htm) 

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#### Questions from the community 
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Share a local concern or issue related to climate change and get support from the Public Lab community by writing and posting an Issue Brief. Visit “[Write an Issue Brief](/wiki/issue-brief)” to find information on what an issue brief is, see examples, and learn how to write one. 
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## Research climate change

#### Current methods related to climate change
Here you’ll find a collection of accessible ways to research the effects of climate change, gathered from across Public Lab and beyond.

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Methods published on Public Lab and tagged with `climate-change` will appear here: [https://publiclab.org/methods#climate-change](/methods#climate-change)

_Do you have a tool or method to share? [Start a method page](/wiki/new?n=14552&title=Your%20method%20name%20here) and add the tag `climate-change`!_
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#### Emerging methods and technologies related to climate change
Here we’ll describe new and developing approaches to researching climate change effects. 

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#### Research notes 
A variety of posts written by Public Lab community members and tagged with `climate-change` will appear here
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[notes:climate-change]
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Activities on Public Lab that have been tagged with `climate-change` will appear here
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## See community projects and stories  

#### Projects related to climate change
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#### Community stories and conversations

+ [Sustain the Nine: Resilience in the Lower Ninth Ward](/notes/joyofsoy/11-09-2018/sustain-the-nine-resilience-in-the-lower-ninth-ward), published in Public Lab’s _Community Science Forum_
+ [OpenHour interactive seminar on Energy](https://publiclab.org/wiki/openhour-archive#January+2015:+ENERGY!)
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_Do you have a project or story to share? [Start a project page](/wiki/new?n=15164&title=Name%20your%20project%20here) or [write a blog post](/post?tags=blog-submission) and add the tag `climate-change`, or post links here!_ 
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## Browse resources  

#### Regulations and policies

+ [Inventory of climate and clean energy policies by state](https://www.usclimatealliance.org/state-climate-energy-policies), organized by the United States Climate Alliance
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#### External resources

+ US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website on [Climate Effects on Health](https://www.cdc.gov/climateandhealth/effects/default.htm)
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## Next step challenges
[Climate Effects on Animals](https://blog.expertrec.com)
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