Economic damages in the U.S. due to climate change 2090

A global climate change RCP8.5* scenario would represent a major economic impact on the United States by the year 2090. Under this scenario, mortality due to the effects of extreme temperatures are forecast to represent an economic loss of approximately 140 billion U.S. dollars by 2090.

Projected annual economic damages due to climate change in the United States in 2090, by sector (in billion U.S. dollars)*

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May 2017

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United States

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2017

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* Considered under atmospheric greenhouse gas concentration Representative Pathway Scenario (RCP) that deliver a 8.5 watts per square meter concentration of carbon across the planet. In RCP8.5 emissions continue to rise throughout the 21st century.

Other was based on the addition of the sectors with economic damages that were estimated to be under 4.6 billion U.S. dollars.

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