Climate Change Index
UNITED STATES
Which states are the best and worst for climate change?
To calculate our index, we ranked each of the contiguous 48 states on several climate change-related factors. We then created a score out of 100 for each state based on these rankings. A higher score means a better outlook in a low or high-emissions future, and a lower score means a worse outlook.
US Climate Change Index
US Climate Change Index
US Drought Index
US Drought
US Extreme Heat Index
Extreme heat
- EES: Extreme Heat Score
- PN: Projected Number of Days with Heat Index Above 100° (by 2050)
- PPV: Percentage of People Vulnerable to Extreme Heat
US Wildfires Index
Wildfires
- WS: Wildfire Score
- PHU: Percentage of Housing Units Directly and Indirectly Exposed to Wildfires
- WL: Wildfire Likelihood and Consequence to Homes
US Flooding Index
Flooding
- FRS: Flood Risk Score
- PPL: Percentage of Population living in 100-and-500-year floodplains
- PINP: Projected 30-year Increase in Number of Properties with Flood Risk
- PPL*: Percentage of Population living in 100-year Coastal floodplain
US Climate Change Preparedness Index
Climate Change Preparedness
- CCP: Climate Change Preparedness Score
- OG: Overall Grade
- EHP: Extreme Heat Preparedness Grade
- DP: Drought Preparedness Grade
- WP: Wildfire Preparedness Grade
- IFP: Inland Flooding Preparedness Grade
- CFP: Coastal Flooding Preparedness Grade