Summarizes the science of climate change and impacts on the United States, for the public and policymakers.

"Governor Lamont's Executive Order establishing the Governor's Council on Climate Change (the GC3) required that the G3 analyze both climate mitigation progress and climate change adaptation through an equity lens. The Equity & Environmental Justice Working Group (EEJ) was charged with both developing a plan and guidelines for engaging diverse stakeholders into the process, including particularly people from the communities most vulnerable to climate change, and working with other groups within the GC3 [Governor's Council on Climate Change] process to evaluate recommended strategies through an equity lens...This report includes (I) a discussion of the concept of equity, (II) recommendations for public participation and remote public engagement, (III) the report and recommendations from the Mapping Tool Subcommittee, and (IV) high level recommendations from the Mitigation and EEJ and Adaptation Subcommittees, with additional feedback attached as appendices"--Introduction.