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|a Risky Business |h [electronic resource] |b The Economic Risks of Climate Change in the United States. |
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|a The U.S. faces significant and diverse economic risks
from climate change. The signature effects of human-induced
climate change—rising seas, increased damage
from storm surge, more frequent bouts of extreme
heat—all have specific, measurable impacts on our
nation’s current assets and ongoing economic activity.
To date, there has been no comprehensive assessment
of the economic risks our nation faces from the changing
climate. Risky Business: The Economic Risks of Climate
Change to the United States uses a standard risk-assessment
approach to determine the range of potential
consequences for each region of the U.S.—as well as for
selected sectors of the economy—if we continue on our
current path. The Risky Business research focused on the
clearest and most economically significant of these risks:
Damage to coastal property and infrastructure from
rising sea levels and increased storm surge, climate-
driven changes in agricultural production and
energy demand, and the impact of higher temperatures
on labor productivity and public health.
Our research combines peer-reviewed climate science
projections through the year 2100 with empirically-derived
estimates of the impact of projected changes
in temperature, precipitation, sea levels, and storm
activity on the U.S. economy. We analyze not only those
outcomes most likely to occur, but also lower-probability high-cost climate futures. Unlike any other study to date,
we also provide geographic granularity for the impacts we
quantify, in some cases providing county-level results.
Our findings show that, if we continue on our current path,
many regions of the U.S. face the prospect of serious economic
effects from climate change. However, if we choose
a different path—if we act aggressively to both adapt to
the changing climate and to mitigate future impacts by
reducing carbon emissions—we can significantly reduce
our exposure to the worst economic risks from climate
change, and also demonstrate global leadership on climate. |
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|a Electronic reproduction. |c Florida International University, |d 2015. |f (dpSobek) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. |
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