The distributional impact of climate change on rich and poor countries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23344733 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca Mendelsohn (0000-0002-3650-6201, Yale University), Robert Mendelsohn, Ariel Dinar (0000-0002-9457-7673, World Bank), Larry Williams, Larry J Williams (0000-0002-5554-5310, Electric Power Research Institute) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 159-178 |
| Publication date | 2006-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Development Economics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1355-770X • E-ISSN: 1469-4395 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1355770x05002755 |
| OpenAlex | W2105389536 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 146 |
| References cited | 10 |
This paper examines the impact of climate change on rich and poor countries across the world. We measure two indices of the relative impact of climate across countries, impact per capita, and impact per GDP. These measures sum market impacts across the climate-sensitive economic sectors of each country. Both indices reveal that climate change will have serious distributional impact across countries, grouped by income per capita. We predict that poor countries will suffer the bulk of the damages from climate change. Although adaptation, wealth, and technology may influence distributional consequences across countries, we argue that the primary reason that poor countries are so vulnerable is their location. Countries in the low latitudes start with very high temperatures. Further warming pushes these countries ever further away from optimal temperatures for climate-sensitive economic sectors.
Climate change · Damages · Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economic impact analysis · Economics · Global warming · Natural resource economics · Per capita · Per capita income · Political science · Climate Change Policy and Economics · Ecology · Economic Growth and Productivity · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
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