The Economic Threat of Climate Change - Bridget Hoffman, EEA 2016

Climate change could cause problems in all walks of life - what could it mean for the economy? Bridget Hoffman (IADB) explains how by comparing warmer and cooler summers across the US we can see a worst-case scenario of GDP growth being held back by a third over the next century. Filmed at the European Economic Association's 2016 Congress in Geneva. Temperature and Growth: A Panel Analysis of the United States Ric Colacito, Bridget Hoffman & Toan Phan Produced by Econ Films