%0 Journal Article
%K climate
%K risk management
%K economics
%K extremes
%A Linwood Pendleton
%A Thomas R Karl
%A Evan Mills
%B Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union
%D 2013
%G eng
%R 10.1002/2013EO250005
%T Economic Growth in the Face of Weather and Climate Extremes: A Call for Better Data
%V 94
%8 06/2013
%X <p>The U.S. economy has grown to be the world's largest, even in the face of the most varied and costly weather and climate extremes on the planet (see <a title="Link to external resource: http://www.munichreamerica.com/webinars/2013_01_natcatreview/MunichRe_III_NatCat01032013.pdf" href="http://www.munichreamerica.com/webinars/2013_01_natcatreview/MunichRe_III_NatCat01032013.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.munichreamerica.com/webinars/2013_01_natcatreview/MunichRe_III_NatCat01032013.pdf</a>). Nevertheless, these extremes continue to take a toll on the nation, diverting public and private funds while limiting economic growth and jobs and threatening the well-being of Americans. Extreme weather events affect every state and manifest differently by region (see Figure&nbsp;1 in Supporting Information in the online version of this Forum and <a title="Link to external resource: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/summary-stats" href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/summary-stats" target="_blank">http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/summary-stats</a>).</p>