Research BriefingPublished: 25 June 2026Nature Climate Change (2026) Cite this articleSave articleView saved researchSubjectsClimate-change impactsEconomicsA methodology that incorporates climate risks to health, productivity and agriculture and other sector-specific channels, as well as catastrophic, cross-boundary and missing risks, has been applied to assess climate impacts in the UK. The results show a 2% reduction in welfare, in gross domestic product-equivalent terms, up to 2030 and losses of more than 10% by 2100, under a baseline scenario.This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institutionAccess optionsAccess Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journalsGet Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription27,99 € / 30 dayscancel any timeLearn moreSubscribe to this journalReceive 12 print issues and online access269,00 € per yearonly 22,42 € per issueLearn moreBuy this articlePurchase on SpringerLinkInstant access to the full article PDF.39,95 €Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkoutFig. 1: Multi-channel assessment shows the impact of climate-related welfare loss up to 2100 in the UK.ReferencesCarleton, T. A. & Hsiang, S. M. Social and economic impacts of climate. Science 353, aad9837 (2016). This review provides a useful introduction to the evidence base on economic impacts.Article Google Scholar Rising, J., Tedesco, M., Piontek, F. & Stainforth, D. A. The missing risks of climate change. Nature 610, 643–651 (2022). This article provides a conceptual overview of the uncertainties and under-quantified channels of climate impact.Article CAS Google Scholar Watkiss, P., Cimato, F. & Hunt, A. Monetary Valuation of Risks and Opportunities in CCRA3: Report to the Climate Change Committee as Part of the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 3 (Climate Change Committee, 2021). This report reviews the evidence on potential economic impacts, as part of the UK’s climate risk assessment.Morris, J. et al. Reconciling widely varying estimates of the global economic impacts from climate change. Nat. Clim. Change 15, 124–127 (2025). This comment offers insights into the range of methodologies producing economy-wide losses.Article Google Scholar IPCC: Summary for Policymakers. In Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change (eds Shukla, P. R. et al.) (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2023). This summary includes cost and warming estimates for the C1 mitigation pathway.Download referencesAdditional informationPublisher’s note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.This is a summary of: Rising, J. et al. Comprehensive national climate damage assessments framework applied to the UK. Nat. Clim. Change https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-026-02665-2 (2026).Rights and permissionsReprints and permissionsAbout this article