Climate and Energy Action Plan (CEAP)

Introduction The g lobal climate is warming primarily due to the accumulation of greenhouse gase s in the atmosphere from human activities like burning fossil fuels. Future climate conditions will depend on the amount of future greenhouse gas emissions and how sensitive the climate is to those emissions (IPCC, 2013) . To support the development of the City of Ashland’s Climate an d Energy Action Plan, this document presents h istorical trends in Ashland’s temperature and precipitation alongside future projections related to both average and extreme temperature and precipitation. Later sections analyze historical trends in Rogue Basi n snowpack and future projections in snowpack and streamflow , as well as historical trends and future projections of wildfire in the western U.S.