The Impact of Climate Change on Global Tropical Storm Damages

Mendelsohn, Robert; Emanuel, Kerry; Chonabayashi, Shun

dc.creator	Mendelsohn, Robert
dc.creator	Emanuel, Kerry
dc.creator	Chonabayashi, Shun
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:06:00Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:06:00Z
dc.date	2011-02-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T21:00:49Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T21:00:49Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111104095129
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3638
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244602
dc.description	This paper constructs an integrated assessment model of tropical cyclones in order to quantify the impact that climate change may have on tropical cyclone damages in countries around the world. The paper relies on a tropical cyclone generator in each ocean and several climate models to predict tropical cyclones with and without climate change. A damage model is constructed to compute the resulting damage when a cyclone strikes each country. Economic development is expected to double global tropical cyclone damages because more will be in harm's way. Climate change is expected to double global damage again, causing an additional $54 billion of damage per year. The damage is projected to be concentrated in North America and eastern Asia but many Caribbean islands will suffer the highest damages per unit of GDP. Most of the increased damage will be caused by rare but very powerful storms.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5562
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	APPLIED METEOROLOGY
dc.subject	ATMOSPHERE
dc.subject	ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE
dc.subject	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
dc.subject	BLANKET
dc.subject	BUILDING CODES
dc.subject	CALCULATION
dc.subject	CATASTROPHIC INSURANCE
dc.subject	CLIMATE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE DAMAGE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE DAMAGES
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMICS
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE PREDICTIONS
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGES
dc.subject	CLIMATE CONDITIONS
dc.subject	CLIMATE DATA
dc.subject	CLIMATE DYNAMICS
dc.subject	CLIMATE MODEL
dc.subject	CLIMATE MODELS
dc.subject	CLIMATE RESEARCH
dc.subject	CLIMATE SCENARIO
dc.subject	CLIMATE SCENARIOS
dc.subject	CLIMATE SYSTEM
dc.subject	CLIMATES
dc.subject	CLIMATOLOGY
dc.subject	CO2
dc.subject	COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	CYCLONE ACTIVITIES
dc.subject	CYCLONE CENTER
dc.subject	CYCLONE TRACKS
dc.subject	DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
dc.subject	DISASTER
dc.subject	DISASTER REDUCTION
dc.subject	DISASTER RELIEF
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	EMISSION
dc.subject	EMISSION PATH
dc.subject	EMISSION SCENARIO
dc.subject	EMISSIONS
dc.subject	EMISSIONS SCENARIO
dc.subject	EMISSIONS SCENARIOS
dc.subject	EXTREME EVENT
dc.subject	EXTREME EVENTS
dc.subject	FATALITIES
dc.subject	FATALITY
dc.subject	FLOOD
dc.subject	FLOOD INSURANCE
dc.subject	GCM
dc.subject	GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL
dc.subject	GENERATOR
dc.subject	GLOBAL CLIMATE
dc.subject	GLOBAL EMISSIONS
dc.subject	GLOBAL WARMING
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GAS
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GASES
dc.subject	GWP
dc.subject	HURRICANE
dc.subject	HURRICANES
dc.subject	IMPACT OF CLIMATE
dc.subject	IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INTENSITY OF STORMS
dc.subject	INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	IPCC
dc.subject	LAND USE
dc.subject	MAXIMUM WIND SPEED
dc.subject	METEOROLOGY
dc.subject	NATIONAL INCOME
dc.subject	NATURAL HAZARDS
dc.subject	OCEAN BASINS
dc.subject	OCEANS
dc.subject	POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject	PRESENT VALUE
dc.subject	PROBABILITY DENSITY
dc.subject	PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	RISK ANALYSIS
dc.subject	SCENARIOS
dc.subject	SCIENTISTS
dc.subject	SEA LEVEL RISE
dc.subject	SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES
dc.subject	SEA WALLS
dc.subject	SOCIAL AFFAIRS
dc.subject	SOLAR RADIATION
dc.subject	STORM DAMAGE
dc.subject	STORM DAMAGES
dc.subject	STORM SURGES
dc.subject	STORMS
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE CHANGES
dc.subject	TOTAL DAMAGES
dc.subject	TROPICAL CYCLONE
dc.subject	TROPICAL CYCLONE IMPACTS
dc.subject	TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY
dc.subject	TROPICAL CYCLONES
dc.subject	TROPICAL STORM
dc.subject	TROPICAL STORMS
dc.subject	TYPHOONS
dc.subject	UNCERTAINTIES
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	WARMER CLIMATE
dc.subject	WEATHER
dc.subject	WIND
dc.subject	WIND DIRECTION
dc.subject	WIND SHEAR
dc.subject	WIND SPEED
dc.subject	WIND SPEEDS
dc.title	The Impact of Climate Change on Global Tropical Storm Damages
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	The World Region
dc.coverage	The World Region