In the NewsForbesDecember 5, 2018

Will Global Warming Shrink U.S. GDP 10%? It’s Complicated, Says The Person Who Made The Estimate

One number from the latest National Climate Assessment grabbed headlines: climate change could lead to up to a 10% reduction in the US economy. Amir Jina, a member of the Lab who co-authored the study from which the number originates, explains how the number was mischaracterized but why it is nonetheless instructive.

By Amir Jina

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American Climate Prospectus: Economic Risks in the United States

Solomon Hsiang, Robert Kopp, Amir Jina, Michael Delgado, James Rising, Shashank Mohan, Robert Muir-Wood, D. J. Rasmussen, Michael Mastrandrea, Paul Wilson, Kate Larsen and Trevor Houser (2014). American Climate Prospectus: Economic Risks in the United States.

The American Climate Prospectus (ACP) provides a groundbreaking new analysis of climate risks by region of the country and sector of the economy. By linking state-of-the-art climate models with econometric research of human responses to climate variability and cutting edge private sector risk assessment tools, the ACP offers decision-makers a data driven assessment of the specific risks they face.

Published October 20, 2014

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Estimating Economic Damage from Climate Change in the United States

Hsiang, S., Kopp, R.E., Jina, A., Rising, J., Delgado M., Mohan, S., Rasmussen, D.J., Muir-Wood, R., Wilson, P., Oppenheimer, M., Larsen, K., and Houser, T. (2017). Estimating economic damage from climate change in the United States. Science. doi:10.1126/science.aal4369

Spatially explicit, probabilistic, and empirically derived estimates of economic damage in the United States from climate change.

Published June 29, 2017

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