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Climate Change and Real Estate: How Environmental Risks and Policies Impact Markets Adele C. Morris, Ph.D. Fellow Policy Director, Climate and Energy Economics Project The Brookings Institution February 25, 2010 2 Themes • Change of some kind is inevitable » through policy or the lack thereof • When and what changes occur, and who experiences them, will depend on what we do and how nature responds. • Hedge your bets. 3 Climate and Property: What are the linkages? • Impacts: Projected climatic disruptions that affect property values • Adaptation: Response of individuals, markets, and policy to climate disruptions • Mitigation: Economic effects of policies to mitigate emissions 4 Climate Change Impacts • Historical • Projected » Emissions scenarios » Climate sensitivity • Location, location, and location 6 7 What is the risk to global temps? Thought experiment: T to 2100, no policy Source: MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change http://globalchange.mit.edu/resources/gamble/no-policy_F.html 8 We buy a better wheel if we stabilize concentrations, e.g. at approx 550 ppmv Source: MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change http://globalchange.mit.edu/resources/gamble/policy_F.html 9 National Impacts: United States •Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States, US government, 2009 Source: GCCIUS www.globalchange.gov 10 National • Climate‐related changes are already observed in the United States and its coastal waters. » Heavy downpours, rising temperature and sea level, rapidly retreating glaciers, thawing permafrost, lengthening growing seasons, lengthening ice‐free seasons in the ocean and on lakes and rivers, earlier snowmelt, and alterations in river flows. • These changes are projected to grow, especially in a “high emissions” scenario. Source: GCCIUS 11 12 Why are changes bad? • They’re not all bad. • But: • Our built environment fits the climate we’ve had. • The rate of change may be rapid, making it hard for people and ecosystems to adapt. 13 Southwest Regional Predictions • Increasingly scarce water supplies • Increasing temperature, drought, wildfire, and invasive species • Increased frequency and altered timing of flooding • Decreased snow‐ and water‐related tourism and recreation Source: GCCIUS Projected Temperature Increases in the Southwest Source: GCCIUS Historical Las Vegas Source: GCCIUS Projected Precipitation in 2080-99 Relative to 1961-79 Source: GCCIUS Projected Change in Runoff 2041‐2060 relative to 1901‐1970 Source: GCCIUS 19 Water stress could get worse anyway • The population of the Mountain West (Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico) is projected to increase 65 % from 2000 to 2030 • This would account for 1/3 of all projected U.S. population growth. Source: GCCIUS 20 Adaptation in the US • Over the long run, most cities will adapt. • People will migrate from uneconomic or unsafe areas to areas more hospitable. » Mean temperature is a poor predictor of per capita income in the US. • US is generally wealthy enough to adapt over many decades. Poorest in US and poor countries are most vulnerable. • Extreme outcomes could overwhelm even US adaptation capacity. • Haven’t considered ecosystems. Per Capita Income 2002 22 Mitigation: Cap-and-trade • Set total allowable emissions in a given period • Allocate allowances. • Allow trading of allowances. • Require covered entities to hold allowances • Firms cover emissions with allowances unless abating is cheaper. 23 Waxman-Markey, HR 2454 • Passed House in June 2009 • Title 3 is Cap‐and‐trade • 1418 pages • 17 % reduction in US GHG emissions relative to 2005 by 2020 • 83% reduction by 2050 26 Predicted Electricity Prices with H.R. 2454 (2007 cents per kilowatthour, all sectors average) 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 Reference Basic Zero Bank 4 High Offsets High Cost No International 2 No Int / Lim ited 0 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 Energy Information Administration, US Dept of Energy 27 Regional effects of cap-and-trade • The economic effects of climate policy differ across the country due to different production and consumption patterns of energy and other goods and services. • “Carbon footprint” is an imperfect predictor of which regions are hit relatively harder by policy. • Regional disparities in effects of a carbon price aren’t huge. • Total effects on households depend on details of implementation. Source: Brown, Southworth, and Sarzynski, “Shrinking the Carbon Footprint of Metropolitan America” (Washington: Brookings Institution, 2008). Source: Brown, Southworth, and Sarzynski, “Shrinking the Carbon Footprint of Metropolitan America” (Washington: Brookings Institution, 2008). Source: Brown, Southworth, and Sarzynski, “Shrinking the Carbon Footprint of Metropolitan America” (Washington: Brookings Institution, 2008). Regional effects of a hypothetical tax of $20.91 per ton of CO2 based on consumption patterns in 2006 Nevada CBO 32 Conclusion • Climate change could make existing problems worse. • Energy bills are likely to go up, either because of climate policy (sooner) or because of a hotter climate (later) or both. • Water likely to be a worsening source of conflict in the southwest. • Energy and water efficiency could be a cost effective hedge against whatever changes emerge. 33