Scenario analysis is particularly useful for climate change, where the evolution of key variables is uncertain. To be the most useful, these scenarios should be extreme yet plausible. This will give a ...

Click the downloadable graphic: States at Risk from Coastal Floods In the U.S., coastal floods now happen three times more often than they did 30 years ago — and the frequency and intensity of ...

Yet, climate ... scenarios: sustainable development, middle of the road, regional rivalry and fossil-fueled development. The analysis suggested that under low to moderate levels of climate change ...