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Global Warming

Global Warming Policies

• NWF's 2% Pollution Reduction per Year Policy (pdf) - to avoid the worst impacts of global warming, we have to reduce global warming pollutants by 80% by mid-century.  This document outlines NWF's national global warming policy.

Global Warming Factsheets

• Global Warming Mythbuster (pdf) - Compiled into this document, and based on widely accepted and peer-reviewed scientific papers, are explanations for some of the most commonly heard myths used to try to debunk the reality of global warming.
• Waterfowler's Guide to Global Warming (pdf) - Produced in cooperation with NWF affiliates, this guide outlines the detrimental impacts already visible and those yet to come for wildlife habitat as a result of global warming.  Sportsmen and women across the nation have already or can expect to experience these changes first hand, but there are solutions and we can change the forecast for waterfowl and all wildlife.

Global Warming in Your State

Below are guides to global warming impacts and solutions specifically targeted to U.S. states and territories.  Click on your state to download a factsheet that tells you about the current and future effects on people and wildlife in your area.  All documents are in .pdf format.