Houser / Hsiang / Mastrandrea Economic Risks of Climate Change

An American Prospectus
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-231-53955-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 203 mm x 279 mm

A landmark, data-driven assessment for decision makers intent on insuring their interests against climate change.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Houser, Trevor

Hsiang, Solomon

Mastrandrea, Michael

Kopp, Robert

Mohan, Shashank

Larsen, Kate

Muir-Wood, Robert

Delgado, Michael

Rasmussen, D. J.

Jina, Amir

Rising, James

Wilson, Paul

Mastran, Michael

Weitere Mitwirkende

Bloomberg, Michael

Steyer, Thomas

Paulson, Henry

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Naturgewalten & Katastrophen
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Soziale & wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen von Umweltfaktoren
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 Economics
13. 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 Impacts
References
About the Authors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Trevor Houser is a partner at Rhodium Group, a firm that combines policy experience, quantitative economic tools, and on-the-ground research to analyze disruptive global trends. He leads the firm's energy and natural resources work.

Solomon Hsiang is the Chancellor's Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Robert Kopp is an associate professor of earth and planetary sciences at Rutgers University and associate director of the Rutgers Energy Institute.

Kate Larsen is a director at Rhodium Group and manages the firm's work on U.S. and global climate-change issues.