City Climate Scenarios

Make data-driven, locally tailored climate-related decisions with confidence.

Overview

The impact of policies to address climate change cannot be discussed only in national terms. Cities and regions will face different growth trajectories under alternative scenarios, reflecting their unique sectoral composition, inter-regional dependencies, and vulnerability to extreme weather events. Oxford Economics’ City Climate Scenarios Service offers in-depth insights into the economic impacts of climate change and mitigation policies on cities and local economies throughout Europe, the US and Canada.

About the City Climate Scenarios

Comprehensive databank

Baseline forecasts and five climate scenarios to 2050 for almost 3,000 cities and regions

Commentary and webinars

Event-driven discussions on cities and climate change.

Chartbooks

Individual quarterly chartbooks for the US, Canada and Europe, outlining the key assumptions and headlines for each climate scenario.

Expert support

Support from our team of over 40 city and climate specialists.

Why Oxford Economics?

Oxford Economics provides the only commercially available service that applies climate scenarios for cities and local economies across Europe, the US and Canada.

Extensive location coverage

Europe: all NUTS1, NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions in 25 countries, covering approximately 2,400 locations. United States: all states, metropolitan statistical areas, and metropolitan divisions. Canada: all provinces and census metropolitan areas.

Unique expertise

Our in-depth knowledge of the unique sectoral composition, inter-regional dependencies, and vulnerability to extreme weather events for each city and region enables us to provide forecasts and analysis that demonstrate the potential economic impacts of climate policies and physical events on cities and local economies.

Novel geospatial modelling

Through our consulting service, we are able to assist our clients to assess the potential economic disruption from climatic events, by combining natural vulnerability, such as exposure to flooding, with hyperlocal estimates of economic activity in vulnerable areas.