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The distributional impact of climate change

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  • Richard S.J. Tol

    (Department of Economics, University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom)

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Poorer, hotter countries are more vulnerable to climate change and will experience more negative impacts. The pattern of vulnerability between countries is used to downscale impact estimates to income deciles within countries, to administrative regions, and to grid cells. Almost three-quarters of people will face worse impacts than their country average. Between-country variation is larger than within-country variation for income deciles and regions, and about as large for grid cells.

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  • Richard S.J. Tol, 2020. "The distributional impact of climate change," Working Paper Series 1220, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School.
    • Handle: RePEc:sus:susewp:1220
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    Cited by:

    1. Füssel, Hans-Martin, 2010. "Global maps of climate change impacts on the favourability for human habitation and economic activity," MPRA Paper 29888, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Emmylou Reeve & Andrew B. Watkins & Yuriy Kuleshov, 2024. "The Impact of Climate Variability on Cattle Heat Stress in Vanuatu," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 14(11), pages 1-18, October.

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    Keywords

    impact of climate change; vulnerability; downscaling;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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