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The article focuses on what can be lost under the higher-emissions scenario, but this is the crucial point:

"Under the low emissions scenario considered in this analysis, the impacts on personal finance are lower— in some cases much lower— than presented here.

Overall net income would increase by 0.2% ($11,000) under the low emissions scenario (SSP1-2.6), whereas under the high scenario (SSP3-7.0) it would fall by 10% (a loss of $625,000)."

16-page report here:
https://advocacy.consumerreports.org/research/icf-report-2024/