Climate Change and Economic Growth

Grim descriptions of the long-term consequences of climate change have given the impression that the climate impacts from greenhouse gases threaten long-term economic growth. However, the impact of climate change on the global economy is likely to...

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Main Author:	Mendelsohn, Robert
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ABATEMENT ABATEMENT COST ABRUPT CLIMATE ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ANTARCTICA CARBON CARBON EMISSIONS CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE CATASTROPHIC EVENTS CHLORINE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE DAMAGES CLIMATE EFFECTS CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE SENSITIVE CLIMATIC CHANGE CO2 COAL COASTAL AREAS COLORS CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE CONSERVATION CONSERVATION AREAS COST OF CLIMATE CHANGE COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS DAMAGES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISCOUNT RATE DYNAMICS OF GROWTH ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECONOMIC ANALYSES ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACTS ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ECOSYSTEM EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION LIMITS EMISSIONS ENERGY CONSUMERS ENERGY MODELS ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ETHANOL EXTREME EVENTS FISCAL POLICIES FLOODS FORESTRY GASOLINE GLACIAL PERIODS GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL EMISSIONS GLOBAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL MODEL OF CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE DAMAGE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS POLICY GREENHOUSE GASES HAZARDOUS WASTE HURRICANE ICE ICE SHEETS IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC MARGINAL COST MARKET ECONOMY MODEL OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS MORTALITY RATES NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCES PARTICLES POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESPONSE PRECIPITATION PRESENT VALUE RAIN REDUCTION IN CARBON RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES RESOURCE ECONOMICS SCENARIOS SCIENTISTS SEA LEVEL RISE SEA LEVELS SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE SOLID WASTE TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE CHANGE TIMBER MARKETS TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS UPPER ATMOSPHERE WIND WIND POWER WORLD CLIMATE
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spelling	okr-10986-280002021-04-23T14:04:45Z Climate Change and Economic Growth Mendelsohn, Robert ABATEMENT ABATEMENT COST ABRUPT CLIMATE ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ANTARCTICA CARBON CARBON EMISSIONS CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE CATASTROPHIC EVENTS CHLORINE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE DAMAGES CLIMATE EFFECTS CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE SENSITIVE CLIMATIC CHANGE CO2 COAL COASTAL AREAS COLORS CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE CONSERVATION CONSERVATION AREAS COST OF CLIMATE CHANGE COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS DAMAGES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISCOUNT RATE DYNAMICS OF GROWTH ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECONOMIC ANALYSES ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACTS ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ECOSYSTEM EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION LIMITS EMISSIONS ENERGY CONSUMERS ENERGY MODELS ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ETHANOL EXTREME EVENTS FISCAL POLICIES FLOODS FORESTRY GASOLINE GLACIAL PERIODS GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL EMISSIONS GLOBAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL MODEL OF CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE DAMAGE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS POLICY GREENHOUSE GASES HAZARDOUS WASTE HURRICANE ICE ICE SHEETS IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC MARGINAL COST MARKET ECONOMY MODEL OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS MORTALITY RATES NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCES PARTICLES POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESPONSE PRECIPITATION PRESENT VALUE RAIN REDUCTION IN CARBON RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES RESOURCE ECONOMICS SCENARIOS SCIENTISTS SEA LEVEL RISE SEA LEVELS SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE SOLID WASTE TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE CHANGE TIMBER MARKETS TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS UPPER ATMOSPHERE WIND WIND POWER WORLD CLIMATE Grim descriptions of the long-term consequences of climate change have given the impression that the climate impacts from greenhouse gases threaten long-term economic growth. However, the impact of climate change on the global economy is likely to be quite small over the next 50 years. Severe impacts even by the end of the century are unlikely. The greatest threat that climate change poses to long-term economic growth is from potentially excessive near-term mitigation efforts. 2017-08-28T16:05:38Z 2017-08-28T16:05:38Z 2009 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/218161468337830646/Climate-change-and-economic-growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28000 English en_US Commission on Growth and Development Working Paper;No. 60 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	ABATEMENT ABATEMENT COST ABRUPT CLIMATE ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ANTARCTICA CARBON CARBON EMISSIONS CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE CATASTROPHIC EVENTS CHLORINE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE DAMAGES CLIMATE EFFECTS CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE SENSITIVE CLIMATIC CHANGE CO2 COAL COASTAL AREAS COLORS CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE CONSERVATION CONSERVATION AREAS COST OF CLIMATE CHANGE COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS DAMAGES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISCOUNT RATE DYNAMICS OF GROWTH ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECONOMIC ANALYSES ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACTS ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ECOSYSTEM EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION LIMITS EMISSIONS ENERGY CONSUMERS ENERGY MODELS ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ETHANOL EXTREME EVENTS FISCAL POLICIES FLOODS FORESTRY GASOLINE GLACIAL PERIODS GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL EMISSIONS GLOBAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL MODEL OF CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE DAMAGE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS POLICY GREENHOUSE GASES HAZARDOUS WASTE HURRICANE ICE ICE SHEETS IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC MARGINAL COST MARKET ECONOMY MODEL OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS MORTALITY RATES NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCES PARTICLES POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESPONSE PRECIPITATION PRESENT VALUE RAIN REDUCTION IN CARBON RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES RESOURCE ECONOMICS SCENARIOS SCIENTISTS SEA LEVEL RISE SEA LEVELS SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE SOLID WASTE TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE CHANGE TIMBER MARKETS TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS UPPER ATMOSPHERE WIND WIND POWER WORLD CLIMATE
spellingShingle	ABATEMENT ABATEMENT COST ABRUPT CLIMATE ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ANTARCTICA CARBON CARBON EMISSIONS CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE CATASTROPHIC EVENTS CHLORINE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE DAMAGES CLIMATE EFFECTS CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE SENSITIVE CLIMATIC CHANGE CO2 COAL COASTAL AREAS COLORS CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE CONSERVATION CONSERVATION AREAS COST OF CLIMATE CHANGE COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS DAMAGES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISCOUNT RATE DYNAMICS OF GROWTH ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECONOMIC ANALYSES ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACTS ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ECOSYSTEM EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION LIMITS EMISSIONS ENERGY CONSUMERS ENERGY MODELS ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ETHANOL EXTREME EVENTS FISCAL POLICIES FLOODS FORESTRY GASOLINE GLACIAL PERIODS GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL EMISSIONS GLOBAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL MODEL OF CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE DAMAGE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS POLICY GREENHOUSE GASES HAZARDOUS WASTE HURRICANE ICE ICE SHEETS IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC MARGINAL COST MARKET ECONOMY MODEL OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS MORTALITY RATES NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCES PARTICLES POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESPONSE PRECIPITATION PRESENT VALUE RAIN REDUCTION IN CARBON RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES RESOURCE ECONOMICS SCENARIOS SCIENTISTS SEA LEVEL RISE SEA LEVELS SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE SOLID WASTE TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE CHANGE TIMBER MARKETS TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS UPPER ATMOSPHERE WIND WIND POWER WORLD CLIMATE Mendelsohn, Robert Climate Change and Economic Growth
relation	Commission on Growth and Development Working Paper;No. 60
description	Grim descriptions of the long-term consequences of climate change have given the impression that the climate impacts from greenhouse gases threaten long-term economic growth. However, the impact of climate change on the global economy is likely to be quite small over the next 50 years. Severe impacts even by the end of the century are unlikely. The greatest threat that climate change poses to long-term economic growth is from potentially excessive near-term mitigation efforts.
format	Working Paper
author	Mendelsohn, Robert
author_facet	Mendelsohn, Robert
author_sort	Mendelsohn, Robert
title	Climate Change and Economic Growth
title_short	Climate Change and Economic Growth
title_full	Climate Change and Economic Growth
title_fullStr	Climate Change and Economic Growth
title_full_unstemmed	Climate Change and Economic Growth
title_sort	climate change and economic growth
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/218161468337830646/Climate-change-and-economic-growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28000
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