The cost of riverine floods in New Orleans, U.S., were estimated at 189 U.S. dollars per capita per year in the current climate as of 2022. These costs are expected to nearly double by 2050, in both a medium and high emissions scenario, to more than 450 dollars per capita. In Ho Chi Minh City, costs could increase by nearly 8-fold, to reach 456 dollars per capita per year by 2050.
Cost of riverine floods in selected cities worldwide in 2022, and a forecast for 2050, by scenario
(in U.S. dollars per capita)
The RCP 4.5 is considered an intermediate scenario where emissions start declining by 2045. RCP 8.5 considers emissions continue to rise until the end of the century.
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