Your Weather Ain’t Like Mine: The Disparate & Differential Impacts of Global Warming Presented on Behalf of the Commission to Engage African Americans on Climate Change A Project of the Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies
People of color already twice as likely to die in heat wave
One Scary Scenario: Los Angeles in 2090 Potential for a Nine-Fold Increase in Heat Death rate for African-Americans
Low Income People Spend Higher % of Income on Energy And these figures are from 2006!
Energy Transitions/Shocks can entail huge economic losses : OPEC embargoes U.S., 25% cut in supply oil prices quadruple U.S. national oil bill grows $100 billion in Resulting recession reduces GDP by $750 billion in The First OPEC Oil Shock
East Antarctic Ice Sheet Melts West Antarctic Ice Sheet Melts Florida Today Changing Agricultural and Land Use Patterns Mean Job and Economic Changes
A Question of Global Equity
The Good News 1: The Right Policies Increase GDP
The Good News 2: The Right Policies Increase Employment Policy Case Minus Base Case (1000s)