Climate Change

Indicators of Climate Change in California

The 2026 edition is organized into seven volumes, including 49 indicators and eight tribal reports. The report documents accelerating and compounding climate impacts across California's water systems, wildfires and public health, terrestrial ecosystems, and coastal and marine environments, with attention to disproportionate impacts on tribes, outdoor workers, and low-income households.

Indicators of Climate Change: Impacts on California Tribes

OEHHA recognizes the value of tribal knowledge in reporting on, and raising awareness of, climate impacts.

Human Health Impacts of Climate Change

OEHHA focuses on human health studies relating increased temperatures to adverse health outcomes such as death and illness including hospital visits, emergency room visits, and birth defects. OEHHA has contributed to the growing body of literature linking deleterious health effects to increasing temperatures and heat waves. These studies have helped identify groups who are vulnerable to heat-related mortality and illness.

Recent Research on Climate Change in California: A bibliography

OEHHA has compiled information relevant to climate change and its impacts in an annotated bibliography with an emphasis on California. This annotated bibliography is intended as a source of current and emerging scientific information on climate change for environmental and public health agencies, the research community, non-government organizations, and the public.

Indicators of Climate Change: Past Reports

Collection of past Indicators of Climate Change in California reports.

Reports, Notices, Documents

Summary of the listening session held jointly with the Bishop Paiute Tribe, OEHHA, and Eastern Sierra Tribes.

We will gather remotely to hear and collect perspectives and information on the climate change impacts being experienced by tribal communities in Southern California

We will gather remotely to hear and collect perspectives and information on the climate change impacts being experienced by tribal communities in Lake, Sonoma, and Mendocino Counties.

Graphical summaries of the Exploring Climate Change Connections Workshop presentations created by Adi Leigh Brown.

Summary from a December 2020 virtual workshop to provide a forum for exploring the scientific evidence for the interconnections between climate change and its impacts, and the implications for California. Discussions at the workshop will inform the 2021 edition of the report, Indicators of Climate Change in California.