Economic Risks of Climate Change

An American Prospectus

Trevor Houser, Solomon Hsiang, Robert Kopp, Kate Larsen, Michael Delgado, Amir Jina, Michael Mastrandrea, Shashank Mohan, Robert Muir-Wood, D. J. Rasmussen, James Rising, Paul Wilson, Michael Bloomberg, Thomas Steyer, Henry Paulson

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Year: 2015
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9780231539555
• Topic: Economics
• Subtopic: Government & Business
• Index: Economics

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, this book 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. Written for scientists, researchers, scholars, activists and policy makers, it depicts the distribution of escalating climate-change risk across the country and assesses its effects on different aspects of the economy. Beautifully illustrated and accessibly written, this book is an essential tool for helping businesses and governments prepare for the future.

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Introduction
• Part 1. America’s Climate Future
• Part 2. Assessing the Impact of America’s Changing Climate
• Part 3. Pricing Climate Risk
• Part 4. Unquantified Impacts
• Part 5. Insights for Climate-Risk Management
• Technical AppendiXes
• References
• About the Authors
• Index