NJ Climate Change Resource Center

Providing actionable science, planning tools, and technical guidance to policymakers, practitioners, and communities addressing climate change in New Jersey.

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PROJECT AREAS

We maximize the impact of our work by focusing on five overlapping project areas.

State of the Climate: New Jersey 2025

Our annual “State of the Climate” report provides an overview of outstanding 2025 weather events, followed by an in-depth analysis of historical climate data and future projections for New Jersey. The authors focus on temperature, sea-level rise, precipitation, extreme events (including the June 2025 heat wave), and indicators of climate change in New Jersey and our region that provide community-scale effects and how these relate to economic and health impacts.

Extreme Events and Gaps in Health Emergency Preparedness in New Jersey

This project seeks to understand how New Jersey’s county-level Emergency Operations Plans, Hazard Mitigation Plans, and hospital Community Health Needs Assessments account for and operationalize the population health impacts of extreme weather events and to what extent the hazards mentioned in these plans align with each county’s hazard vulnerability profile through systematic document analysis and key informant interviews.

New Jersey’s Rising Seas and Changing Coastal Storms: Report of the 2025 Science and Technical Advisory Panel

This report presents the most recent climate science needed to inform efforts to increase the resilience of New Jersey’s people, places, and assets to regional sea-level rise, changing coastal storms, and the resulting flood risk.

New Jersey Nature-Based Solutions: Planning, Implementation, and Monitoring Reference Guide

This report compiles research, resources, and best practices from public and private entities, academics, and subject matter experts regarding the planning, implementation, and monitoring of nature-based solutions in New Jersey. It is a guide to the opportunities and challenges associated with NBS planning, implementation and monitoring.

State of the Climate: New Jersey 2024

The latest report in our annual “State of the Climate” series provides an overview of outstanding 2024 weather events, followed by an in-depth analysis of historical climate data and future projections for New Jersey. The authors focus on temperature, sea-level rise, precipitation, and extreme events, including a discussion of drought projections, extreme rainfall events, and New Jersey’s progress toward its emission reduction goals.

Sustaining Innovation in New Jersey Climate Policy: Past, Present, and Future

Proceedings of the March 21, 2025, New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center Conference.

Historical Timelines of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Policy in New Jersey

This document provides historical timelines with respect to New Jersey’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (i.e., climate change mitigation) as well as reduce its vulnerability to climate change impacts (i.e., climate change adaptation). They provide a window into the evolution of innovations in New Jersey climate change policy … Read more →

Current and Future Flood Exposure to NJ Properties and Associated Assessed Property Value at Risk

People and property are at risk from current and future flood related hazards in New Jersey. This report uses the state MOD-IV property tax assessment and parcel dataset to analyze the acreage of land parcels and the economic value of the structures potentially at risk from current and future flood scenarios in New Jersey … Read more →

Comparison of New Jersey’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets with United States’ Nationally Determined Contribution and Projected Global Reduction Pathways Consistent with the Paris Agreement

Sustaining Innovation in New Jersey Climate Policy

A day-long dialogue regarding New Jersey’s state climate policies, where New Jersey has to go to reach its climate goals, challenges to reaching those goals, lessons we can learn from others, and opportunities that we might explore with leading local and national experts.

Blueberry and Cranberry Pest Information for New Jersey Growers

The CCRC is teaming with the Rutgers Integrated Pest Management Program to develop models of pest activity in blueberry and cranberry crops. The models are used to alert growers to pests and to gather information on how pest activity may increase with climate change.

Climate Change for Planning & Zoning Boards

This video is a primer on climate change impacts in New Jersey and the requirement for a Climate Change Related Hazard Vulnerability Assessment (CCRHVA) in the master planning process.

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New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center

Providing actionable science, planning tools, and technical guidance to policymakers, practitioners, and communities addressing climate change in New Jersey.