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ACKi 0.,LED Ei ENTS <br />Lac/Authors Kate Gordon, Executive Director of the <br />Risky Business Project; drawing from independent <br />research commissioned by the Risky Business Project. <br />Special thanks to Matt Lewis, Risky Business Project <br />Communications Director, and f arnesine Rogers, Risky <br />Business Project Manager, for their editorial support. <br />Risky Business Project co-chairs Michael R. <br />Bloomberg, Henry Paulson, and Tom Steyer tasked <br />the Rhodium Group, an economic research firm that <br />specializes in analyzing disruptive global trends, with an <br />independent assessment of the economic risks posed <br />by a cuanging climate in the U.S,:hoGil ;i' Convened <br />a researc <br />University and eccnomis <br />r, Rcbert Kopp of Rut <br />stty of California, Berkeley. <br />d'iurn also t:;art.. <br />ered with Risk Management Solutions (RPM), the worlds <br />larg st catastrophe -modeling company for insurance, <br />reinsurance, and investment managemerlt companies <br />around the world. The team leveraged recent advances <br />in climate modeling econometrc research, private sector. <br />RISKY BUSINESS <br />lc Risks of Climbs Change in the Untied States <br />risk assessment, and scalable cloud computing (pro- <br />cessing over 20 terabytes of climate and economic data} <br />to provide decision -makers with empirically -grounded <br />and spatially -explicit information about the climate risks <br />they face. The team's complete assessment, along with <br />technical appendices, is available at Rhodium's website, <br />clirnateprospectus.rhg.com. Interactive maps and other <br />content associated with the Risky Business Project are <br />located at riskybusiness.org. <br />The research team's work was reviewed by an in. ,en <br />Tier is Risky Business Expert Review Pane' composed of <br />leading ;I( .ate scientists and econornrrts, A full list of the <br />expert. revie.d <br />aF'S,dr din <br />possible wi <br />'hllanthrooies <br />I is available on Rh <br />of have beer <br />support of Blocr:. <br />e Office of Hank Paulson, the <br />1' <br />Rockefeller Farnty Fund, the S=,oil Global Threats Ft,r€d, <br />and the TornKat Charitable Trust. <br />