Caribbean Islands are exposed to hurricanes, the damages of which are projected to intensify due to anthropogenic … climate change. The region is also highly indebted. We focus on the interaction between climate change, hurricanes, and public … debt. We investigate what the typical impact of Caribbean hurricanes on public debt in the region has been and how …

indicate that hurricanes have a more long-term impact on exports, reducing exports of goods by 20 percent in the month of a …

. Using panel data and a two-way fixed effects estimation, the analysis focuses on storms, floods, wildfires, and landslides …

We evaluate whether floods and landslides are more likely when rain falls inside versus outside protected areas (PAs … floods and landslides is affected by whether rain falls inside or outside PAs. We use a two-way fixed effect panel data model … find that shifts in precipitation towards PAs reduce floods significantly. These results were highly robust. We also find …

floods, by accounting for heterogeneous levels of resilience and vulnerability to natural disasters. Our findings, based on a …