Beyond Words

• Date: 01 January 2019

1-2019 NEWS & ANALYSIS 49 ELR 10003

BEYOND WORDS

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A: A T  R   F N C A ( EPA 4 30-R -17-001) (2017).

Annual economic impact estimates are shown for labor and air quality. e bar graph on the left shows national annual

damages in 2090 (in billions of 2015 dollars) for a higher scenario (RCP8.5) and lower scenario (RCP4.5); the dierence

between the height of the RCP8.5 and RCP4.5 bars for a given category represents an estimate of the economic benet to

the United States from global mitigation action.

U.S. Climate Damage and Mitigation Scenarios

Billions of Dollars

Labor Air Qualit y

Labor

Annual Economic Damages in 2090

Air Quality

Projected annual

cost savings due to

global mitigatio n

RCP4. 5

RCP4. 5

RCP8 .5

RCP8 .5

Change in Daily 8 -hour

Ozone Concentrat ions (ppb)

Change in Hours Worked (%)

-3 -2 -1 -0.5 0.5 1 2 3 4 5

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0

200

150

100

50

0

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