The Economic Cost of Climate Change in the United States of America
Viinikainen, Noora-Emilia (2021)
Viinikainen, Noora-Emilia
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202104265923
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202104265923
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Climate change is a serious global problem with environmental, sociocultural, political, and economical impacts and consequences. It is not just a problem for the future generations, negative effects of climate change and global warming can already be seen in all regions around the world. The aim of this thesis was to examine the economic cost of climate change in the United States of America.
The data for this thesis was gathered by researching and analysing current literature and other sources on the related topics. Climate Change is a very dominant theme, and emerging number of up to date evidence, studies, news, and other type literature was easily accessible.
The findings from this research and the range of published evidence suggest, that the climate change will have severe negative impacts on the economy of the United States. The frequency, severity, and consequences of extreme weather events are expected to intensify as a result of climate change. These events cost billions of dollars, and U.S. citizens, businesses, and infrastructure are suffering from the consequences. Extreme weather is not the only problem disrupting the U.S. economy. Water quantity and quality, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, human health, and tourism are all affected by the climate change and global warming.
The true economic costs of climate change in the United States are uncertain. As global temperatures will most likely continue to rise and problems associated with climate change will quantify, the related costs will multiply.
The data for this thesis was gathered by researching and analysing current literature and other sources on the related topics. Climate Change is a very dominant theme, and emerging number of up to date evidence, studies, news, and other type literature was easily accessible.
The findings from this research and the range of published evidence suggest, that the climate change will have severe negative impacts on the economy of the United States. The frequency, severity, and consequences of extreme weather events are expected to intensify as a result of climate change. These events cost billions of dollars, and U.S. citizens, businesses, and infrastructure are suffering from the consequences. Extreme weather is not the only problem disrupting the U.S. economy. Water quantity and quality, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, human health, and tourism are all affected by the climate change and global warming.
The true economic costs of climate change in the United States are uncertain. As global temperatures will most likely continue to rise and problems associated with climate change will quantify, the related costs will multiply.