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Climate and Sustainability Leadership at AGU
AGU is committed to advancing discovery in Earth and space sciences while promoting climate solutions that benefit humanity and the environment. Leveraging global collaborations, AGU transforms scientific insights into real-world impact.

Position Statements on Climate and Sustainability

Position statements—created, revised and approved by members and outside experts—are what enable AGU to take adaptive stances on significant policy issues.

Society Must Undertake Transformative Action Now to Mit...
Comprehensive actions to limit and adapt to human-caused climate change are urgently needed to protect current and future life on ...
The Urgent Priority of a Healthy Climate Requires Enhan...
Given the likelihood that the world will overshoot global average temperature targets, Climate Intervention (CI) measures such as ...
Achieving a Productive and Sustainable Ocean
Investments in ocean research and education benefit the economic well-being of nations through greater understanding of devastatin...
Teaching Climate Change and Evolution is Essential to U...
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) supports high quality, scientifically accurate, inclusive teaching of climate change and evol...

White Papers on Climate and Sustainability

AGU white papers offer research-backed recommendations and policy frameworks, serving as official guides for the scientific community and beyond.

Surging Waters: Science Empowering Communities in the F...
From devastating monsoons to sea level rise, extreme weather is taking its toll across the globe. Surging Waters looks at flooding...
Geoscience in Action: Advancing Sustainable Development
Geoscientists, with their deep understanding of climate systems, hazards, and all of Earth’s processes, have the expertise to cont...
AGU White Paper on Climate Intervention Research
The 2016 Paris Agreement set an aspirational target to limit global warming to 1.5°C (2.7°F) above preindustrial levels. Meeting t...

Editorials on Climate and Sustainability

AGU editorials feature insightful stories, news and insights that illustrate how our initiatives drive scientific progress and create lasting impact. 

AGU Opposes U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Erode Emissi...
As the world’s largest Earth and space science association, AGU is gravely concerned by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to core ...
Geoscientists, Who Have Documented the Rapid and Accele...
In the run-up to the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26, in Glasgow this November, researchers studying Earth’s ...
AGU Honored with Clean Energy DC Award for Commitmen...
AGU announced today that it is the first-ever recipient of the new Clean Energy DC Award from the Washington, DC Department of Ene...
How Publishers Can Support the UN SDGs: Examples from A...
AGU Publications is committed to supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals through publishing and drawing attention to scien...
Uncertain Pathways to a Future Safe Climate
Global climate change is often thought of as a steady and approximately predictable physical response to increasing forcings, whic...

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