Social Impacts of Climate Change in Chile : A Municipal Level Analysis of the Effects of Recent and Future Climate Change on Human Development and Inequality

Social Impacts of Climate Change in Chile : A Municipal Level Analysis of the Effects of Recent and Future Climate Change on Human Development and Inequality

This paper uses municipality level data to estimate the general relationship between climate, income, and life expectancy in Chile. The analysis finds that incomes are negatively related to temperature, while life expectancy is not significantly re...

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Main Authors: Andersen, Lykke E., Verner, Dorte
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
AIR
AIR TEMPERATURE
ALTITUDE
ANNUAL PRECIPITATION
ANTARCTICA
ANTICYCLONES
ATMOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION
ATMOSPHERIC CLIMATE
AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL
AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME
BIOMASS
BIOSPHERE
CARBON
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATION
CARIBBEAN REGION
CENTRAL REGION
CENTRAL REGIONS
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGES
CLIMATE DATA
CLIMATE IMPACTS
CLIMATE MODELS
CLIMATE STRESSES
CLIMATE VARIABLES
CLIMATES
CLIMATIC CHANGES
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
CLIMATIC DATA
CLIMATIC VARIATION
CO2
COLD WINTERS
COLDER CLIMATES
COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
CROP SCIENCE
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DROUGHT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE
EMISSION
EMISSION ABATEMENT
EMISSIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
EXCHANGE RATE
FERTILIZATION
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FOOD PRODUCTION
FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE
GLACIERS
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
GLOBAL TEMPERATURES
GLOBAL WARMING
HOUSING
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
IMPACT FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
IMPACT OF CLIMATE
IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GENERATION
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
IPCC
IRRIGATION
LIFE EXPECTANCY
MACRO-REGION
MELTING GLACIERS
METEOROLOGICAL DATA
METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS
METROPOLITAN REGION
NEGATIVE IMPACT
PER CAPITA INCOME
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
POOR HEALTH
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRECIPITATION
PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES
RAIN
RAINFALL
RAINY SEASON
REGIONAL CLIMATE
REGIONAL CLIMATE PROJECTIONS
RESOURCE ECONOMICS
SCENARIOS
SCHOOLING
SEA-LEVEL
SEASON
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
SPATIAL INEQUALITY
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES
TEMPERATURE ANOMALY
TEMPERATURE CHANGE
TEMPERATURE CHANGES
TEMPERATURE DATA
TEMPERATURE INCREASES
TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION
TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS
TEMPERATURES
TROPICS
VEGETATION SCIENCE
VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE
WATER SUPPLIES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/11633478/social-impacts-climate-change-chile-municipal-level-analysis-effects-recent-future-climate-change-human-development-inequality
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19937
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Summary:This paper uses municipality level data to estimate the general relationship between climate, income, and life expectancy in Chile. The analysis finds that incomes are negatively related to temperature, while life expectancy is not significantly related to average temperatures. Both incomes and life expectancy are greater in areas with either very little rain or a lot of rain. The authors use the estimated relationships to simulate the effects of both past (1958-08) and future (2008-58) climate change. The findings indicate that past climate change has been favorable for the central, and most populous, part of Chile, and it has contributed to reduced poverty and reduced inequality of health outcomes. Whereas temperatures in the past have shown a downward trend for most of the Chilean population, climate models suggest that they will increase in the future, and that there will be a reduction in precipitation in the central part of Chile. The analysis simulates the likely effects of these projected climate changes over the next 50 years. The findings suggest that expected future climate will tend to reduce incomes across the whole country, with an average reduction of about 7 percent, all other things equal.

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