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Climate change, information on potential economic effects could help guide federal efforts to reduce fiscal exposure : report to congressional requesters.
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- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Government Accountability Office, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Office of Management and Budget.
- United States.
- Climatic changes--Risk management--United States.
- Climatic changes.
- Climate change mitigation--United States.
- Climate change mitigation.
- Climatology--Economic conditions.
- Climatology.
- Climatic changes--Risk management.
- Genre:
- Online resources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ii, 40 pages) : color illustration, color maps
- Other Title:
- Information on potential economic effects could help guide federal efforts to reduce fiscal exposure
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2017.
- Summary:
- Over the last decade, extreme weather and fire events have cost the federal government over $350 billion, according to the Office of Management and Budget. These costs will likely rise as the climate changes, according to the U.S. Global Change Research Program. In February 2013, GAO included Limiting the Federal Government's Fiscal Exposure by Better Managing Climate Change Risks on its High-Risk List. GAO was asked to review the potential economic effects of climate change and risks to the federal government. This report examines (1) methods used to estimate the potential economic effects of climate change in the United States, (2) what is known about these effects, and (3) the extent to which information about these effects could inform efforts to manage climate risks across the federal government. GAO reviewed 2 national-scale studies available and 28 other studies; interviewed 26 experts knowledgeable about the strengths and limitations of the studies; compared federal efforts to manage climate risks with leading practices for risk management and economic analysis; and obtained expert views.
- Notes:
- "GAO-17-720."
- "September 2017."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from cover (GAO, viewed Oct. 25, 2017).
- OCLC:
- 1007540393
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