Some Cost Implications Of Elevated Frequency Of Extreme Events Associated With Global Climate Change

Menzie Chinn
By Menzie Chinn of Econbrowser
Professor of Public Affairs and Economics at the University of Wisconsin •

That’s climatologist/macroeconomist/epidemiologist Steven Kopits snarks that I’m worrying about having to wear shorts in Madison on Sunday, when it hit 70 degrees. Just to clarify, global climate change has real implications.

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That’s climatologist/macroeconomist/epidemiologist Steven Kopits snarks that I’m worrying about having to wear shorts in Madison on Sunday, when it hit 70 degrees. Just to clarify, global climate change has real implications.

 

From A.B. Smith, “2023: A historic year of U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters,” NOAA (Jan 8, 2024) .

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