Scientific Organizations Acknowledge Human Impact

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Below is a list of scientific organizations around the world that acknowledge the global impact of rising atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations from human activities.

While many more organizations could likely be added, the list is limited to organizations that have either issued a singular statement of their own or signed in agreement to a collective statement regarding the anthropogenic impact of rising emissions on global climate and the global biosphere.

All statements have been issued since 2001.

At present, there are 123 organizations on the list that span all continents outside of Antarctica.

Alphabetical | By Continent and Country | By Date and Statement

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Alphabetical

• Academia Brasiliera de Ciências, Brazil
• Academia Chilena de Ciencias
• Academia das Ciencias de Lisboa
• Academia de Ciencias de la República Dominicana
• Academia de Ciencias Físicas, Matemáticas y Naturales de Venezuela
• Academia de Ciencias Medicas, Fisicas y Naturales de Guatemala
• Academia Mexicana de Ciencias,Mexico
• Academia Nacional de Ciencias del Peru
• Academia Sinica, Taiwan, China
• Academy of Athens
• Academy of Science of South Africa, South Africa
• Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
• Academy of Sciences of the Islamic Republic of Iran
• Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt
• Academy of the Royal Society of New Zealand
• Académie des Sciences et Techniques du Sénégal
• Académie des Sciences, France
• Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Italy
• Africa Centre for Climate and Earth Systems Science
• African Academy of Sciences
• Akademi Sains Malaysia
• Albanian Academy of Sciences
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Association of State Climatologists (AASC)
• American Chemical Society
• American Geophysical Union
• American Institute of Biological Sciences
• American Meteorological Society
• American Physical Society
• American Society of Agronomy
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• American Society of Plant Biologists
• American Statistical Association
• Association of Ecosystem Research Centers
• Australian Academy of Science
• Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS)
• Bangladesh Academy of Sciences
• Botanical Society of America
• British Antarctic Survey
• Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
• Cameroon Academy of Sciences
• Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP)
• Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU)
• Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS)
• Canadian Society of Soil Science (CSSS)
• Canadian Society of Zoologists (CSZ)
• Caribbean Academy of Sciences
• Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences
• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) (Australia)
• Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Crop Science Society of America
• Cuban Academy of Sciences
• Delegation of the Finnish Academies of Science and Letters
• Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher, Leopoldina, Germany
• Ecological Society of America
• European Geosciences Union
• European Science Foundation – Marine Board
• Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies
• Geological Society of America
• Geological Society of Australia
• Geological Society, The (UK)
• Georgian Academy of Sciences
• Indian National Science Academy, India
• Indonesian Academy of Sciences
• Islamic World Academy of Sciences
• Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
• International Alliance of Research Universities
• International Council for Science
• International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
• Kenya National Academy of Sciences
• Korean Academy of Science and Technology
• Kosovo Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Mauritius Academy of Science and Technology
• Met Office, UK
• Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts
• National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, Argentina
• National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic
• National Academy of Sciences, Sri Lanka
• National Academy of Sciences, United States of America
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• National Association of State Foresters
• National Council of Engineers Australia
• National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, New Zealand
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Natural Environment Research Council, UK
• Natural Science Collections Alliance
• Nigerian Academy of Sciences
• Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters
• Organization of Biological Field Stations
• Pakistan Academy of Sciences
• Palestine Academy for Science and Technology
• Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium
• Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of Spain
• Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
• Royal Irish Academy
• Royal Meteorological Society
• Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Royal Scientific Society of Jordan
• Royal Society of Canada
• Royal Society, United Kingdom
• Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
• Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
• Science Council of Japan, Japan
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• Society of Systematic Biologists
• Soil Science Society of America
• Sudanese National Academy of Science
• Tanzania Academy of Sciences
• Turkish Academy of Sciences
• TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world
• Uganda National Academy of Sciences
• Union der Deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaften
• University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• World Forestry Congress
• Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences

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By Continent and Country

North America | South America | Europe | Asia | Africa | Oceania | International

North America

• Canada
  • Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP)
  • Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU)
  • Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS)
  • Canadian Society of Soil Science (CSSS)
  • Canadian Society of Zoologists (CSZ)
  • Royal Society of Canada
• Cuba
  • Cuban Academy of Sciences
• Dominican Republic
  • Academia de Ciencias de la República Dominicana
• Guatemala
  • Academia de Ciencias Medicas, Fisicas y Naturales de Guatemala
• Mexico
  • Academia Mexicana de Ciencias,Mexico
• United States of America
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • American Association of State Climatologists (AASC)
  • American Chemical Society
  • American Geophysical Union
  • American Institute of Biological Sciences
  • American Meteorological Society
  • American Physical Society
  • American Society of Agronomy
  • American Society of Civil Engineers
  • American Society of Plant Biologists
  • American Statistical Association
  • Association of Ecosystem Research Centers
  • Botanical Society of America
  • Crop Science Society of America
  • Ecological Society of America
  • Geological Society of America
  • National Academy of Sciences, United States of America
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • National Association of State Foresters
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Natural Science Collections Alliance
  • Organization of Biological Field Stations
  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography
  • Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
  • Society of Systematic Biologists
  • Soil Science Society of America
  • University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• Miscellaneous
  • Caribbean Academy of Sciences

South America

• Argentina
  • National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, Argentina
• Brazil
  • Academia Brasiliera de Ciências, Brazil
• Chile
  • Academia Chilena de Ciencias
• Colombia
  • Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences
• Peru
  • Academia Nacional de Ciencias del Peru
• Venezuela
  • Academia de Ciencias Físicas, Matemáticas y Naturales de Venezuela

Europe

• Albania
  • Albanian Academy of Sciences
• Belgium
  • Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium
• Bulgaria
  • Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
• Croatia
  • Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Czech Republic
  • Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
• Denmark
  • Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
• Finland
  • Delegation of the Finnish Academies of Science and Letters
• France
  • Académie des Sciences, France
• Georgia
  • Georgian Academy of Sciences
• Germany
  • Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher, Leopoldina, Germany
  • Union der Deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaften
• Greece
  • Academy of Athens
• Ireland
  • Royal Irish Academy
• Italy
  • Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Italy
• Kosovo
  • Kosovo Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Montenegro
  • Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Netherlands
  • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Norway
  • Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters
• Serbia
  • Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Slovenia
  • Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Slovakia
  • Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Spain
  • Academia das Ciencias de Lisboa
  • Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of Spain
• Sweden
  • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
• United Kingdom
  • British Antarctic Survey
  • Geological Society, The (UK)
  • Met Office, UK
  • Natural Environment Research Council, UK
  • Royal Meteorological Society
  • Royal Society, United Kingdom
• Miscellaneous
  • European Geosciences Union
  • European Science Foundation – Marine Board

Asia

• Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh Academy of Sciences
• China
  • Academia Sinica, Taiwan, China
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• India
  • Indian National Science Academy, India
• Indonesia
  • Indonesian Academy of Sciences
• Iran
  • Academy of Sciences of the Islamic Republic of Iran
• Israel
  • Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
• Japan
  • Science Council of Japan, Japan
• Jordan
  • Royal Scientific Society of Jordan
• Korea
  • Korean Academy of Science and Technology
• Kyrgyzstan
  • National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic
• Malaysia
  • Akademi Sains Malaysia
• Pakistan
  • Pakistan Academy of Sciences
• Russia
  • Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
• Sri Lanka
  • National Academy of Sciences, Sri Lanka
• Turkey
  • Turkish Academy of Sciences
• Miscellaneous
  • Islamic World Academy of Sciences
  • Palestine Academy for Science and Technology

Africa

• Cameroon
  • Cameroon Academy of Sciences
• Egypt
  • Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt
• Kenya
  • Kenya National Academy of Sciences
• Mauritius
  • Mauritius Academy of Science and Technology
• Nigeria
  • Nigerian Academy of Sciences
• Senegal
  • Académie des Sciences et Techniques du Sénégal
• South Africa
  • Academy of Science of South Africa, South Africa
• Sudan
  • Sudanese National Academy of Science
• Tanzania
  • Tanzania Academy of Sciences
• Uganda
  • Uganda National Academy of Sciences
• Zimbabwe
  • Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences
• Miscellaneous
  • Africa Centre for Climate and Earth Systems Science
  • African Academy of Sciences

Oceania

• Australia
  • Australian Academy of Science
  • Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS)
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) (Australia)
  • Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies
  • Geological Society of Australia
  • National Council of Engineers Australia
• New Zealand
  • Academy of the Royal Society of New Zealand
  • National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research

International

• International Alliance of Research Universities
• International Council for Science
• International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world
• World Forestry Congress

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By Date and Statement

General

• NOAA: Global Climate Change Indicators
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Climate Change
  • Met Office (UK)

2010

• Ecosystem Management in a Changing Climate
  • Ecological Society of America

2010, July

• Policy Statement 360 – Impact of Climate Change
  • American Society of Civil Engineers

2010, May

• How can Earth scientists help to address the challenges of the 21st Century?
  • Geological Society, The (UK)

2010, April

• National Policy – CLIMATE CHANGE
  • American Physical Society
• FAQs About Ocean Acdification
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

2009

• Can the warming of the 20th century be explained by natural processes?
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) (Australia)

2009, December

• SCAR: Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment
  • Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• British Antarctic Survey Climate Change Position Statement
  • British Antarctic Survey
• ACCESS: POSITION STATEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND RELATED ISSUES
  • Africa Centre for Climate and Earth Systems Science

2009, November

• Climate science statement
  • Met Office, UK
  • Natural Environment Research Council, UK
  • The Royal Society, UK
• Invisible No More: Scripps Investigates Ocean Acidification
  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• Open Letter to the Government of Canada
  • Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP)
  • Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU)
  • Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS)
  • Canadian Society of Soil Science (CSSS)
  • Canadian Society of Zoologists (CSZ)

2009, October

• Message from the XIII World Forestry Congress to the COP 15 of the UNFCCC
  • World Forestry Congress

• Joint Letter to U.S. Senate
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • American Chemical Society
  • American Geophysical Union
  • American Institute of Biological Sciences
  • American Meteorological Society
  • American Society of Agronomy
  • American Society of Plant Biologists
  • American Statistical Association
  • Association of Ecosystem Research Centers
  • Botanical Society of America
  • Crop Science Society of America
  • Ecological Society of America
  • Natural Science Collections Alliance
  • Organization of Biological Field Stations
  • Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
  • Society of Systematic Biologists
  • Soil Science Society of America
  • University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

2009, September

• ICSU: Environment
  • International Council for Science

2009, July

• GSA: Position Statement and Recommendations – Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change
  • Geological Society of Australia

2009, June

• IAP STATEMENT ON OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
  • TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world
  • Albanian Academy of Sciences
  • National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, Argentina
  • Australian Academy of Science
  • Bangladesh Academy of Sciences
  • The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium
  • Brazilian Academy of Sciences
  • Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • Cameroon Academy of Sciences
  • RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada
  • Academia Chilena de Ciencias
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences
  • Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Cuban Academy of Sciences
  • Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
  • Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
  • Academia de Ciencias de la República Dominicana
  • Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt
  • The Delegation of the Finnish Academies of Science and Letters
  • Académie des Sciences, France
  • Georgian Academy of Sciences
  • Union der Deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaften
  • Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
  • The Academy of Athens
  • Academia de Ciencias Medicas, Fisicas y Naturales de Guatemala
  • Indian National Science Academy
  • Indonesian Academy of Sciences
  • Academy of Sciences of the Islamic Republic of Iran
  • Royal Irish Academy
  • Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
  • Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
  • Science Council of Japan
  • Royal Scientific Society of Jordan
  • Islamic World Academy of Sciences
  • African Academy of Sciences
  • Kenya National Academy of Sciences
  • The Korean Academy of Science and Technology
  • Kosovo Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic
  • Akademi Sains Malaysia
  • Mauritius Academy of Science and Technology
  • Academia Mexicana de Ciencias
  • Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Academy of the Royal Society of New Zealand
  • Nigerian Academy of Sciences
  • Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters
  • Pakistan Academy of Sciences
  • Palestine Academy for Science and Technology
  • Academia Nacional de Ciencias del Peru
  • Academia das Ciencias de Lisboa
  • Académie des Sciences et Techniques du Sénégal
  • Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Slovak Academy of Sciences
  • Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Academy of Science of South Africa
  • Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of Spain
  • National Academy of Sciences, Sri Lanka
  • Sudanese National Academy of Science
  • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  • Academia Sinica, Taiwan, China
  • Tanzania Academy of Sciences
  • The Caribbean Academy of Sciences
  • Turkish Academy of Sciences
  • The Uganda National Academy of Sciences
  • The Royal Society, UK
  • US National Academy of Sciences
  • Academia de Ciencias Físicas, Matemáticas y Naturales de Venezuela
  • Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences
• SCOSTEP-CAWSES: What is the solar influence on climate?
  • SCOSTEP (Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics) – Climate And Weather of the Sun-Earth System (CAWSES)

2009, May

• G8+5 Academies’ joint statement: Climate change and the transformation of energy technologies for a low carbon future
  • Academia Brasileira de Ciéncias, Brazil
  • Royal Society of Canada, Canada
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
  • Académie des Sciences, France
  • Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher, Leopoldina, Germany
  • Indian National Science Academy, India
  • Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Italy
  • Science Council of Japan, Japan
  • Academia Mexicana de Ciencias, Mexico
  • Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
  • Academy of Science of South Africa, South Africa
  • Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • National Academy of Sciences, United States of America

2009, April

• Have greenhouse gas emissions caused global temperatures to rise?
  • National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, New Zealand

2009, February

• IARU Presidents’ Statement on Campus Sustainability
  • International Alliance of Research Universities

2008, December

• EGU Position Statement on Ocean Acidification
  • European Geosciences Union

2008, October

• Climate Change Issues, Policy and the Role of Forests
  • National Association of State Foresters

2008, September

• FASTS Statement on Climate Change
  • Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies

2008, July

• Climate change statement from the Royal Society of New Zealand
  • Royal Society of New Zealand

2008, February

• Engineers Australia: Policy Statement Climate Change and Energy
  • National Council of Engineers Australia

2007

• ACS Position Statement: Global Climate Change
  • The American Chemical Society

2007, December

• AGU Position Statement: Human Impacts on Climate
  • American Geophysical Union

2007, November

• ASA Statement on Climate Change
  • American Statistical Association

2007, July

• IUGG: The Urgency of Addressing Climate Change
  • International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics

2007, May

• Joint science academies’ statement on growth and responsibility: sustainability, energy efficiency and climate protection
  • Academia Brasileira de Ciéncias,Brazil
  • Académie des Sciences,France
  • Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei,Italy
  • Russian Academy of Sciences,Russia
  • National Academy of Sciences,United States of America
  • Royal Society of Canada,Canada
  • Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher, Leopoldina, Germany
  • Science Council of Japan,Japan
  • Academy of Science of South Africa,South Africa
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences,China
  • Indian National Science Academy,India
  • Academia Mexicana de Ciencias,Mexico
  • Royal Society,United Kingdom

2007, March

• CMOS: Comprehensive Position Statement on Climate Change
  • The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS)
• Impacts of Climate Change on the European Marine and Coastal Environment – Ecosystems Approach
  • European Science Foundation – Marine Board

2007, February

• AMS Information Statement on Climate Change
  • American Meteorological Society
• The Royal Meteorological Society’s statement on the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fourth Assessment Report
  • Royal Meteorological Society
• Engineers Australia: Policy Statement Climate Change and Energy
  • National Council of Engineers Australia

2006

• The Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Statement on Climate Change
  • Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS)

2006, December

• AAAS Board Statement on Climate Change
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science

2006, October

• GSA: Position Statement on Global Climate Change
  • The Geological Society of America

2005

• IUP AP Statements and Recommendations on the Energy Problems
  • International Union of Pure and Applied Physics

2005, July

• The American Meteorological Society endorses the "Joint Academies’ Statement: Global Response to Climate Change"
  • American Meteorological Society

2005, June

• Joint science academies’ statement: Global response to climate change
  • Academia Brasiliera de Ciências, Brazil
  • Royal Society of Canada, Canada
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
  • Academié des Sciences, France
  • Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher, Leopoldina, Germany
  • Indian National Science Academy, India
  • Accademia dei Lincei, Italy
  • Science Council of Japan, Japan
  • Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
  • Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • National Academy of Sciences, United States of America

2003, December

• AGU Position Statement: Human Impacts on Climate
  • American Geophysical Union

2002, February

• CMOS: Position Statement on Climate Change
  • The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS)

2001, November

• AASC: Policy Statement on Climate Variability and Change
  • American Association of State Climatologists (AASC)