Assessing Risk to National Critical Functions as a Result of Climate Change: 2023 Risk Assessment Update

by Andrew Lauland, Michelle E. Miro, Susan A. Resetar

Researchers assessed the risk that eight climate hazards--drought, extreme cold, extreme heat, flooding, sea-level rise, severe storm systems, tropical cyclones and hurricanes, and wildfire--will pose to National Critical Functions by 2050 and 2100 under current and higher emissions scenarios, as well as potential for cascading risk due to interdependencies between these functions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1977412769
• ISBN13: 9781977412768
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 2.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.4" x 11.0"