Summer in Rhode Island could feel like the typical summer in coastal South Carolina or Georgia by the end of the century unless we take action to reduce heat-trapping emissions today.

Lower-Emissions Scenarios: a shift away from fossil fuels in favor of clean energy technologies, causing heat-trapping emissions to decline by mid-century

Higher-Emissions Scenarios: continued heavy reliance on fossils fuels, causing heat-trapping emissions to rise rapidly over the century