Budgetary effects of climate change and of potential legislative responses to it.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Congressional Budget Office, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Law and legislation--United States.

Climatic changes.

Climate change mitigation--United States.

Climate change mitigation.

Budget--Law and legislation--United States.

Budget.

Budget--Law and legislation.

Climatic changes--Law and legislation.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (approximately 17 pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Congressional Budget Office, 2021.

Summary:

How does climate change affect the budget? -- How would federal mitigation and adaptation efforts affect the budget? -- Budgetary effects of climate change. Aspects of climate change that affect the budget -- Effects on revenues -- Effects on mandatory spending -- Effects on discretionary spending -- Budgetary effects of federal mitigation and adaptation efforts. Approaches to mitigation and adaptation -- costs of investing in mitigation and adaptation -- Savings from successful investments in mitigation and adaptation -- Challenges in estimating savings from mitigation and adaptation -- Box 1. CBO's cost estimates for legislation -- About this document.

Notes:

"April 2021."

"Nonpartisan analysis for the U.S. Congress."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from cover (CBO, viewed on Oct. 29, 2021).

OCLC:

1281185948