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Social Impacts of Climate Change in Peru : A District Level Analysis of the Effects of Recent and Future Climate Change On Human Development and Inequality / Andersen, Lykke E.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Andersen, Lykke E.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climate.
- Climate Change Economics.
- Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases.
- Climates.
- Daily temperature.
- Effect of temperature.
- Environment.
- Excessive rainfall.
- Extreme events.
- Future Climate Change.
- Global temperatures.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Impacts of Climate Change.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Meteorological stations.
- Ocean currents.
- Ocean temperatures.
- Population Policies.
- Science and Technology Development.
- Science of Climate Change.
- Scientific evidence.
- Temperature.
- Temperature anomalies.
- Temperature anomaly.
- Temperature changes.
- Temperature increases.
- Temperature variations.
- Temperatures.
- Local Subjects:
- Climate.
- Climate Change Economics.
- Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases.
- Climates.
- Daily temperature.
- Effect of temperature.
- Environment.
- Excessive rainfall.
- Extreme events.
- Future Climate Change.
- Global temperatures.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Impacts of Climate Change.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Meteorological stations.
- Ocean currents.
- Ocean temperatures.
- Population Policies.
- Science and Technology Development.
- Science of Climate Change.
- Scientific evidence.
- Temperature.
- Temperature anomalies.
- Temperature anomaly.
- Temperature changes.
- Temperature increases.
- Temperature variations.
- Temperatures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (36 pages)
- Other Title:
- Social Impacts Of Climate Change In Peru
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2009
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This paper uses district level data to estimate the general relationship between climate, income and life expectancy in Peru. The analysis finds that both incomes and life expectancy show hump-shaped relationships, with optimal average annual temperatures around 18-20 Degree Celsius. These estimated relationships were used to simulate the likely effects of both past (1958-2008) and future (2008-2058) climate change. At the aggregate level, future climate change in Peru is estimated to cause a small reduction in average life expectancy of about 0.2 years. This average, however, hides much larger losses in the already hot areas as well as substantial gains in currently cold areas. Similarly, the average impact on incomes is a modest reduction of 2.3 percent, but with some districts experiencing losses of up to 20 percent and others gains of up to 13 percent. Future climate change is estimated to cause an increase in poverty (all other things equal), but to have no significant effect on the distribution of incomes.
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