, and 20th), we estimate a robust and significant time-varying, non-monotonic effect of climatic temperature upon current … incomes for a cross-section of 167 countries. We find a large, positive effect of 18th century climatic temperature and an … even larger, negative effect of 19th century climatic temperature upon current incomes. When historic, climatic temperature …

As at today, it is an indisputable fact that the climate is changing and there is a scientific consensus that the world … climate change on humans and the environment will include increasing stresses on and even collapses of ecosystems … pests and diseases. Consequently, development goals are threatened by climate change with heaviest impacts on poor countries …

-lasting extreme climate events, with consequent greater damage to human life. This paper uses the multiple panel threshold model to … test whether there are threshold effects between temperature and mortality, using a panel of 78 major cities in 22 OECD … countries for 1990-2008. From the empirical analysis, we find that the relationship between temperature and mortality has three …

to climate change. Cold weather shocks at the peak of the slave trade predict lower economic activity today. We support …

show that a typical port exported fewer slaves in a year when the local temperature was warmer than normal. This result is … strongest where African ecosystems are least resilient to climate change, and is robust to several alternative specifications …

. Climate variables like temperature and precipitation are the important determinants of crop yields. Trend of precipitation is …Climate change influences crop yield vis-à-vis crop production to a greater extent in countries like Nepal where … agriculture depends largely on natural circumstances. Plausible scenarios of climate change like higher temperatures and changes …

unexplored. In this paper we use a new cross-country panel climate data set in an economic growth framework to explore the issue …