The Risks of Climate Change to the United States in the 21st Century

Congressional Budget Office

No 60845, Reports from Congressional Budget Office

Abstract: The accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will affect temperatures, sea levels, and other aspects of the climate. For the United States, those physical changes will pose a wide range of risks to economic activity, real estate and financial markets, human health, biodiversity, immigration, and national security. Because both the physical effects of climate change and their economic consequences are highly uncertain, this report focuses, where possible, on the 5th and 95th percentiles of the distributions of potential outcomes.

JEL-codes: G18 G21 G22 G28 H81 O44 Q50 Q53 Q54 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-12-19
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