Cost of Inaction
In all the debate about the potential costs of enacting far-reaching climate and energy legislation, we sometimes ignore this critical point: It is far more costly not to act. The choice is clear: develop a green economy, drive innovation, secure our nation’s energy supplies, and prevent unmitigated climate disaster—or watch our economy fall apart at the seams from threats to our public health, infrastructure, agriculture, water supply, and national security.
Cost of Inaction Map
States Pay a High Price
Click to view this map, which includes information about how global warming is already beginning to affect the economy of every state though more severe weather, shorter winters, agricultural damage, eroding shorelines, and more.
Featured Content
The Cost of Inaction Is Far Greater than the Cost of Action
Hurricanes, droughts, wildfires, and floods—learn about the high costs of unmitigated climate change to the American economy.
The Human Toll of Climate Change
Science Progress' climate map shows the effects of global warming across the country and the world.The Cost of Climate Change: What We'll Pay if Global Warming Continues Unchecked from the Natural Resources Defense Council
Potential Impacts of Climate Change in the United States from the Congressional Budget Office
Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States from the United States Global Change Research Program
Hotter Fields, Lower Yields: How Global Warming Could Hurt America's Farms from Environment Texas
Costs of U.S. Oil Dependence: 2005 Update from the Department of Energy
Human Impact of Climate Change from the Global Humanitarian Forum
National Security and the Threat of Climate Change from the Center for Naval Analyses
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