The Union of Concerned Scientists is the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world. UCS combines independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure responsible changes in government policy, corporate practices, and consumer choices.

Global warming is one of the most serious challenges facing us today. To protect the health and economic well-being of current and future generations, we must reduce our emissions of heat-trapping gases by using the technology, know-how, and practical solutions already at our disposal.

Recent successes in Global Warming include:

* Worked with allies in Congress to craft strong climate policy
* Coordinated U.S. scientists and economists statement with 1,700 signatures calling for emissions reductions
* Engaged aspiring writers and photographers to submit entries to an online book—Thoreau’s Legacy: American Stories About Global Warming
* Educated policy makers and mobilized activists on nation’s first program limiting carbon emissions from power plants
* Played lead role in developing a regional cap-and-trade program in the Midwest
* Helped win legislation in Minnesota to fund a study of cap-and-trade auctions
* Supported international climate negotiations by highlighting the role an agreement on reducing tropical deforestation can play in our report Out of the Woods

Learn more about the global warming campaign from Union of Concerned Scientists.