Social Impacts of Climate Change in Bolivia : A Municipal Level Analysis of the Effects of Recent Climate Change on Life Expectancy, Consumption, Poverty and Inequality
This paper analyzes the direct evidence of climate change in Bolivia during the past 60 years, and estimates how these changes have affected life expectancy and consumption levels for each of the 311 municipalities in Bolivia. Contrary to the predi...
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okr-10986-42842021-04-23T14:02:16Z Social Impacts of Climate Change in Bolivia : A Municipal Level Analysis of the Effects of Recent Climate Change on Life Expectancy, Consumption, Poverty and Inequality Andersen, Lykke E. Verner, Dorte AGGREGATE LEVEL ALTITUDE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC CLIMATE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION CALCULATION CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE VARIABLES CLIMATES CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CLIMATIC DATA CLIMATOLOGY CLOUD COVER CLOUDS COLD CLIMATES DAILY TEMPERATURE DESERTS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DRY SEASON ECONOMIC GROWTH EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION ABATEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION FROST FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE GLACIAL MELT GLACIERS GLOBAL TEMPERATURES GLOBAL WARMING HARSH CLIMATES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN SETTLEMENTS ICE ICE AGE ICE CORES IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC IRRADIATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LOCAL CLIMATES METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS MIGRATION MORTALITY NATIONAL LEVEL OXYGEN PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION SIZE PP PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES PROGRESS PURCHASING POWER RAIN RAINFOREST REGIONAL CLIMATE REGIONAL CLIMATE PROJECTIONS RELATIVE HUMIDITY RESOURCE ECONOMICS RESPECT SCENARIOS SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS SEA LEVEL SEASON SNOWFALL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SUMMER TEMPERATURES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES TEMPERATURE ANOMALY TEMPERATURE CHANGE TEMPERATURE CHANGES TEMPERATURE DATA TEMPERATURE RANGE TEMPERATURE RECORDS TEMPERATURE VARIABLES TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS TROPICAL CLIMATE TROPICS URBAN AREAS URBANIZATION VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE WEATHER WEATHER STATIONS WINTER TEMPERATURES This paper analyzes the direct evidence of climate change in Bolivia during the past 60 years, and estimates how these changes have affected life expectancy and consumption levels for each of the 311 municipalities in Bolivia. Contrary to the predictions of most general circulation models, the evidence shows a consistent cooling trend of about 0.2°C per decade over all highland areas, slight and scattered evidence of warming in the lowlands, and no systematic changes in precipitation. The estimations indicate that the 1°C cooling experienced in the already cold highlands over the past five decades likely has reduced consumption possibilities by about 2-3 percent in these areas. Since the much richer population in the lowlands have benefitted slightly from recent climate change, the simulations suggest that recent climate change has contributed to an increase in inequality and poverty in Bolivia. Poor and indigenous peoples in the highlands are among the most severely affected populations. No statistically significant effect on life expectancy was found. 2012-03-19T19:13:14Z 2012-03-19T19:13:14Z 2009-10-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20091026085048 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4284 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5092 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Latin America & Caribbean South America America Bolivia |
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AGGREGATE LEVEL ALTITUDE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC CLIMATE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION CALCULATION CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE VARIABLES CLIMATES CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CLIMATIC DATA CLIMATOLOGY CLOUD COVER CLOUDS COLD CLIMATES DAILY TEMPERATURE DESERTS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DRY SEASON ECONOMIC GROWTH EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION ABATEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION FROST FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE GLACIAL MELT GLACIERS GLOBAL TEMPERATURES GLOBAL WARMING HARSH CLIMATES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN SETTLEMENTS ICE ICE AGE ICE CORES IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC IRRADIATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LOCAL CLIMATES METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS MIGRATION MORTALITY NATIONAL LEVEL OXYGEN PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION SIZE PP PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES PROGRESS PURCHASING POWER RAIN RAINFOREST REGIONAL CLIMATE REGIONAL CLIMATE PROJECTIONS RELATIVE HUMIDITY RESOURCE ECONOMICS RESPECT SCENARIOS SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS SEA LEVEL SEASON SNOWFALL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SUMMER TEMPERATURES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES TEMPERATURE ANOMALY TEMPERATURE CHANGE TEMPERATURE CHANGES TEMPERATURE DATA TEMPERATURE RANGE TEMPERATURE RECORDS TEMPERATURE VARIABLES TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS TROPICAL CLIMATE TROPICS URBAN AREAS URBANIZATION VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE WEATHER WEATHER STATIONS WINTER TEMPERATURES |
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AGGREGATE LEVEL ALTITUDE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC CLIMATE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION CALCULATION CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE VARIABLES CLIMATES CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CLIMATIC DATA CLIMATOLOGY CLOUD COVER CLOUDS COLD CLIMATES DAILY TEMPERATURE DESERTS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DRY SEASON ECONOMIC GROWTH EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION ABATEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION FROST FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE GLACIAL MELT GLACIERS GLOBAL TEMPERATURES GLOBAL WARMING HARSH CLIMATES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN SETTLEMENTS ICE ICE AGE ICE CORES IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC IRRADIATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LOCAL CLIMATES METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS MIGRATION MORTALITY NATIONAL LEVEL OXYGEN PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION SIZE PP PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES PROGRESS PURCHASING POWER RAIN RAINFOREST REGIONAL CLIMATE REGIONAL CLIMATE PROJECTIONS RELATIVE HUMIDITY RESOURCE ECONOMICS RESPECT SCENARIOS SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS SEA LEVEL SEASON SNOWFALL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SUMMER TEMPERATURES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES TEMPERATURE ANOMALY TEMPERATURE CHANGE TEMPERATURE CHANGES TEMPERATURE DATA TEMPERATURE RANGE TEMPERATURE RECORDS TEMPERATURE VARIABLES TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS TROPICAL CLIMATE TROPICS URBAN AREAS URBANIZATION VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE WEATHER WEATHER STATIONS WINTER TEMPERATURES Andersen, Lykke E. Verner, Dorte Social Impacts of Climate Change in Bolivia : A Municipal Level Analysis of the Effects of Recent Climate Change on Life Expectancy, Consumption, Poverty and Inequality |
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This paper analyzes the direct evidence
of climate change in Bolivia during the past 60 years, and
estimates how these changes have affected life expectancy
and consumption levels for each of the 311 municipalities in
Bolivia. Contrary to the predictions of most general
circulation models, the evidence shows a consistent cooling
trend of about 0.2°C per decade over all highland areas,
slight and scattered evidence of warming in the lowlands,
and no systematic changes in precipitation. The estimations
indicate that the 1°C cooling experienced in the already
cold highlands over the past five decades likely has reduced
consumption possibilities by about 2-3 percent in these
areas. Since the much richer population in the lowlands have
benefitted slightly from recent climate change, the
simulations suggest that recent climate change has
contributed to an increase in inequality and poverty in
Bolivia. Poor and indigenous peoples in the highlands are
among the most severely affected populations. No
statistically significant effect on life expectancy was found. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Andersen, Lykke E. Verner, Dorte |
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Andersen, Lykke E. Verner, Dorte |
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Andersen, Lykke E. |
| title |
Social Impacts of Climate Change in Bolivia : A Municipal Level Analysis of the Effects of Recent Climate Change on Life Expectancy, Consumption, Poverty and Inequality |
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Social Impacts of Climate Change in Bolivia : A Municipal Level Analysis of the Effects of Recent Climate Change on Life Expectancy, Consumption, Poverty and Inequality |
| title_full |
Social Impacts of Climate Change in Bolivia : A Municipal Level Analysis of the Effects of Recent Climate Change on Life Expectancy, Consumption, Poverty and Inequality |
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Social Impacts of Climate Change in Bolivia : A Municipal Level Analysis of the Effects of Recent Climate Change on Life Expectancy, Consumption, Poverty and Inequality |
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Social Impacts of Climate Change in Bolivia : A Municipal Level Analysis of the Effects of Recent Climate Change on Life Expectancy, Consumption, Poverty and Inequality |
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social impacts of climate change in bolivia : a municipal level analysis of the effects of recent climate change on life expectancy, consumption, poverty and inequality |
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2012 |
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