Economic Risks of Climate Change : An American Prospectus
Trevor. Houser
Bok Engelsk 2015 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | New York : : Columbia University Press, , 2015.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (381 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Table of Contents; Foreword, by Michael R. Bloomberg, Henry M. Paulson Jr., and Thomas F. Steyer; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; Part 1. America's Climate Future; Opening Commentary, by Michael Oppenheimer; 2. What We Know; 3. What Comes Next; 4. U.S. Climate Projections; Part 2. Assessing the Impact of America's Changing Climate; Opening Commentary, by Michael Greenstone; 5. An Evidence-Based Approach; 6. Agriculture; 7. Labor; 8. Health; 9. Crime; 10. Energy; 11. Coastal Communities; Part 3. Pricing Climate Risk; Opening Commentary, by Geoffrey Heal. - 12. From Impacts to Economics13. Direct Costs and Benefits; 14. Macroeconomic Effects; 15. Valuing Risk and Inequality; Part 4. Unquantified Impacts; Opening Commentary, by Nicholas Stern and Bob Ward; 16. What We Miss; 17. Water; 18. Forests; 19. Tourism; 20. National Security; Part 5. Insights for Climate-Risk Management; Opening Commentary, by Karen Fisher-Vanden; 21. Mitigation; 22. Adaptation; Technical AppendiXes; Appendix A. Physical Climate Projections; Appendix B. Climate Impacts; Appendix C. Detailed Sectoral Models; Appendix D. Integrated Economic Analysis. - Appendix E. Valuing Risk and Unequal ImpactsReferences; About the Authors; Index. - Climate change threatens the economy of the United States through increased flooding and storm damage, climate-driven changes in crop yields, disruptions in labor productivity, crime, and public health and heat-related strains on energy systems. Combining current data with state-of-the-art climate models, econometric research on human responses to climate, and cutting-edge private sector risk assessment tools, this prospectus crafts a game-changing analysis of the risks of future climate change in specific U.S. regions and sectors. This work is based on a critically acclaimed independent asse
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| ISBN | 978-0-231-17456-5
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