Climate change and economic growth (English)

Grim descriptions of the long-term consequences of climate change have given the impression that the climate impacts from greenhouse gases threaten long-term economic growth. However, the impact of climate change on the global economy is likely to be quite small over the next 50 years. Severe impacts even by the end of the century are unlikely. The greatest threat that climate change poses to long-term economic growth is from potentially excessive...

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Mendelsohn,Robert;
Document Date
2009/01/01
Document Type
Working Paper (Numbered Series)
Report Number
57759
Volume No
1
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1
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World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/12/09
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Climate change and economic growth
Keywords
impact of climate change

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Mendelsohn,Robert.

Climate change and economic growth (English). Commission on growth and development working paper ; no. 60 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/218161468337830646

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