Author: Hsiang, S. et al.
Year of publication: 2017
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Climate change adaptation assessment
Format of assessment: Scientific article
Estimated costs for conducting: No information
Estimated duration of assessment: No information
To be carried out by whom: Consultants (climate experts)
Institutional scale of use: National
Assesment to be used by which target audience: State level decision makers
Output: Report
Details: The report will present a probabilistic, national damage function
Region of origin: North America
Developed by which sector: Science
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: North America
Potential geographic coverage: National
Details: It calculates losses of the entire economy so most sectors are inlcuded
Method used: Quantitative model
Description of methodology: The Spatial Empirical Adaptive Global-to-Local Assessment System (SEAGLAS) dynamically integrates and synthesizes research outputs across multiple fields in near-real time. SEAGLAS was used to construct probabilistic, county-level impact estimates that are benchmarked to GMST changes.
Risk framework used: No explicit use of risk framework
Risk components incorporated: Exposure
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Cyclone (including tropical storm, hurricane and typhoon), Extreme rainfall, Sea level rise, Storm surge
Details: Data on distribution of equilibrium climate sensitivity, historical observations; Information on temperature, rainfall, mortality, enegry demand, agriculture, labor, crime- to be combined in BaYesian meta-analysis
Participatory elements: No
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: Partly
Details: Looks at relationship of e.g. sea level rise and cyclones but not at the relationship between all hazards
Adressing uncertainty: No information
Details: Mentions that changes in agricultural practices, population changes etc. can impact outcomes and that not all data is certain, but uncertainties are not considered from a risk perspective
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks, assessment of impacts
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: Economic
Details: Considers factors like mortality but gives them an economic value
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): Yes
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: No
Usefulness for political purposes: It ca be useful for making economic choices on a political level especially because its scope is extremely broad
Applied by whom: Hsiang, S. et al.
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