Global cost of riverine floods in selected cities 2022-2050, by scenario
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.