Economic Risks of Climate Change

A landmark, data-driven assessment for decision makers intent on

insuring their interests against climate change.

Climate change threatens the economy of the United States in

myriad ways, including increased flooding and storm damage, altered crop yields, lost

labor productivity, higher crime, reshaped public-health patterns, and strained energy

systems, among many other effects. Combining the latest climate models, state-of-the-art

econometric research on human responses to climate, and cutting-edge private-sector

risk-assessment tools, Economic Risks of Climate Change: An American Prospectus crafts a

game-changing profile of the economic risks of climate change in the United States. This

prospectus is based on a critically acclaimed independent assessment of the economic

risks posed by climate change commissioned by the Risky Business Project. With new

contributions from Karen Fisher-Vanden, Michael Greenstone, Geoffrey Heal, Michael

Oppenheimer, and Nicholas Stern and Bob Ward, as well as a foreword from Risky Business

cochairs Michael Bloomberg, Henry Paulson, and Thomas Steyer, the book speaks to

scientists, researchers, scholars, activists, and policy makers. It depicts the

distribution of escalating climate-change risk across the country and assesses its

effects on aspects of the economy as varied as hurricane damages and violent crime.

Beautifully illustrated and accessibly written, this book is an essential tool for

helping businesses and governments prepare for the future.

Climate change threatens the economy of the United States in myriad ways, including increased flooding and storm damage, altered crop yields, lost labor productivity, higher crime, reshaped public-health patterns, and strained energy systems, among many other effects. Combining the latest climate models, state-of-the-art econometric research on human responses to climate, and cutting-edge private-sector risk-assessment tools, Economic Risks of Climate Change: An American Prospectus crafts a game-changing profile of the economic risks of climate change in the United States.

This prospectus is based on a critically acclaimed independent assessment of the economic risks posed by climate change commissioned by the Risky Business Project. With new contributions from Karen Fisher-Vanden, Michael Greenstone, Geoffrey Heal, Michael Oppenheimer, and Nicholas Stern and Bob Ward, as well as a foreword from Risky Business cochairs Michael Bloomberg, Henry Paulson, and Thomas Steyer, the book speaks to scientists, researchers, scholars, activists, and policy makers. It depicts the distribution of escalating climate-change risk across the country and assesses its effects on aspects of the economy as varied as hurricane damages and violent crime. Beautifully illustrated and accessibly written, this book is an essential tool for helping businesses and governments prepare for the future.--Richard Alley, Pennsylvania State University, author of Earth: The Operators' Manual