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Prolonged wildfire seasons, more extreme temperatures, and more frequent floods — these are just some of the symptoms of a greater global warming problem that Washingtonians are witnessing at a higher frequency. Although these climate changes impact everyone throughout our state’s economy and ecosystems, the extent that communities are personally impacted by such experiences highlight the ways that traditionally overlooked communities continue to be disproportionately affected in the aftermath. 

"This past year’s slowing of greenhouse gas emissions was like turning down the tap just a little bit on a bathtub that’s already overflowing. Stopping the damage requires turning off the tap completely." Amy Snover, UW Climate Impacts Group director was quoted in the story.