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From ruined bridges to dirty air, EPA scientists price out the cost of climate change
Climate change could cost the country dearly, according to an economic analysis of the effects on labor productivity, electricity demand and 20 other sectors in the U.S.
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Climate damages and adaptation potential across diverse sectors of the United States
There is a growing capability to project the impacts and economic effects of climate change across multiple sectors. This information is needed to inform decisions regard …
Large potential reduction in economic damages under UN mitigation targets
International climate change agreements typically specify global warming thresholds as policy targets 1 , but the relative economic benefits of achieving these …
Estimating economic damage from climate change in the United States
Estimates of climate change damage are central to the design of climate policies. Here, we develop a flexible architecture for computing damages that integrates climate s …
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