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

22 Apr 2024

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.
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Authors

Chan, Edward W., Kramer, Jenna W., Lauland, Andrew, Stephenson, Scott R., Lee, John, Balagna, Jay, Prier, Shannon, Ali, Rahim, Briggs, R. J., Stalczynski, Mark, Miro, Michelle E., Leuschner, Kristin J., Sytsma, Tobias, Barnosky, Jason Thomas, Wong, Brian, Metz, David, Fischer, Shira H., Vermeer, Michael J. D., Hodgson, Quentin E., Kolb, Chelsea, Van Abel, Kristin, Kirkwood, Geoffrey, Stapleton, Patricia A., Resetar, Susan A., Wolf, Vanessa

Division
RAND Homeland Security Research Division Infrastructure, Immigration, and Security Operations Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center
Pages
410
Published in
United States
RAND Identifier
RR-A1645-8
RAND Type
report
Rights
RAND Corporation
Series
Research Reports
Source
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1645-8.html

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