Environmental threats, especially those related to climate change, are having significant negative effects around the globe, in the greater Philadelphia region, and in Lower Merion Township, including:
- Weather anomalies and damage
- Increases in health risks and mortality rates from heat and heat-related illnesses
- Increases in vector-borne diseases
- Impaired watershed health
- Threats to agriculture and food supply
- Worsening air quality
- Threats to global biodiversity including local plant and animal species