Even as we work to reduce global warming emissions, we must also prepare for this dangerous new reality. A global leader in climate action, California has the nation's most comprehensive economy - extensive program to reduce pollution caused by global warming. Across the Midwest, data shows spring is coming earlier, dangerously warm weather is occurring more often, and winters are becoming warmer and less snowy. Sea levels are rising much faster along the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Coast than globally, steadily increasing the risk of destructive coastal flooding events. Rising temperatures, accelerating sea level rise, and more frequent and intense heat waves are just some of the climate impacts Southeastern states can expect. Warming waters now affect marine life five times more than when Perez, a marine ecologist for the French government, began studying the Mediterranean in the 1990s. Water temperatures have risen two to three times faster than in the world's oceans overall. Half the Mediterranean's fish are pushing north, with wrasses and barracudas, once native to North Africa, now common off southern France. Yet just four hours by train away, international climate negotiators in Paris have been reluctant to mention the oceans in their formal plans. outline an action plan for