magnitude larger than the private cost of adaptation associated with electricity consumption …This paper reviews and extends the recent empirical literature on the impact of climate change on mortality and … adaptation in the United States. The analysis produces several new facts. First, the reductions in the impact of extreme heat on …

of the most climate sensitive outcomes. Using a global malaria mortality dataset for 105 countries between 1980 and 2010 …, we estimate that the global optimal temperature maximizing all-age malaria mortality is 20.6, lower than previously … predicted in the literature. While in the case of child mortality, a significantly lower optimum temperature of 19.3° is …

This study comprehensively assesses the immediate effects of extreme weather conditions and high concentrations of … hospital admissions, along with all 8 million deaths, with weather and pollution data reported at the day-county level. Extreme … simultaneous weather andpollution conditions. We find strong evidence for "harvesting", and that the instantaneous heat …

This study comprehensively assesses the immediate effects of extreme weather conditions and high concentrations of … hospital admissions, along with all 8 million deaths, with weather and pollution data reported at the day-county level. Extreme … simultaneous weather and pollution conditions. We find strong evidence for "harvesting", and that the instantaneous heat …

This study explores the link between daily weather conditions and individual engagement in physical activities within … the context of the climate emergency. Using ATUS data from 2003-2022, alongside detailed daily-county weather data, the …. Surprisingly, individuals in warmer regions exhibit no adaptation to higher temperatures, contradicting initial assumptions …

We estimate the impact of temperature extremes on mortality in Vietnam, using daily data on temperatures and monthly … data on mortality during the 2000-2018 period. We find that both cold and heat waves cause higher mortality, particularly … among older people. This effect on mortality tends to be smaller in provinces with higher rates of air-conditioning and …

, pharmaceutical expenditures, and mortality rates. Reductions in pharmaceutical purchases and mortality are each valued at $900 …

consumption in Colombia, using electricity billing and weather data from 2010 to 2019. I find that higher temperatures (or higher …This paper provides the first empirical estimates of the relationship between temperatures and household electricity … values of the heat index) increase electricity consumption, with the largest effects observed for high-income households in …

For all climatic regions, mortality due to cold exceeds mortality due to heat. We examine whether cold …-related mortality in adulthood varies positively with unusually benign ambient temperature during gestation, using data on over 13 … rate of mortality due to cold-related IHD. However, we do not find such a relation for cold-related stroke mortality …