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I review the literature on the economic impacts of climate change, an externality that is unprecedentedly large, complex, and uncertain. Only 14 estimates of the total damage cost of climate change have been published, a research effort that is in sharp contrast to the urgency of the public...
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Global climate change will increase outdoor and indoor heat loads, and may impair health and productivity for millions of working people. This study applies physiological evidence about effects of heat, climate guidelines for safe work environments, climate modelling and global distributions of...
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year 2100, while the ratio to world GDP is 0.006%. The US and China account for much of the absolute damage, whereas small …
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Krise sind weltweite Konjunktur- programme, die sich auf 4,7 Prozent des Welt- bruttoinlandsprodukts addieren und insgesamt …. ein Viertel der welt- weiten Konjunkturpakete entspricht. Vorrangige Aufgabe der internationalen Kon- junkturpakete ist …, aber nicht vermeiden können (für die Welt: Gern et al. 2009, für Deutschland: Barabas et al. 2009). Eine Bewer- tung …
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The aim of the study is to quantify climate induced health risks for Germany. Based on high resolution climate scenarios for the period 2071 to 2100 we forecast the number of days with heat load and cold stress. The heat frequency and intensity increases overall but more in the south. Referring...
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