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

Andersen, Lykke E.; Suxo, Addy; Verner, Dorte

dc.creator	Andersen, Lykke E.
dc.creator	Suxo, Addy
dc.creator	Verner, Dorte
dc.date	2012-03-19T19:13:14Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T19:13:14Z
dc.date	2009-10-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-18T19:38:02Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-18T19:38:02Z
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_20091026084634
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4283
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/249783
dc.description	This paper uses district level data to estimate the general relationship between climate, income and life expectancy in Peru. The analysis finds that both incomes and life expectancy show hump-shaped relationships, with optimal average annual temperatures around 18-20ºC. These estimated relationships were used to simulate the likely effects of both past (1958-2008) and future (2008-2058) climate change. At the aggregate level, future climate change in Peru is estimated to cause a small reduction in average life expectancy of about 0.2 years. This average, however, hides much larger losses in the already hot areas as well as substantial gains in currently cold areas. Similarly, the average impact on incomes is a modest reduction of 2.3 percent, but with some districts experiencing losses of up to 20 percent and others gains of up to 13 percent. Future climate change is estimated to cause an increase in poverty (all other things equal), but to have no significant effect on the distribution of incomes.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5091
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ADULT POPULATION
dc.subject	AGGREGATE LEVEL
dc.subject	ALTITUDE
dc.subject	ANNUAL PRECIPITATION
dc.subject	ATMOSPHERE
dc.subject	ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION
dc.subject	ATMOSPHERIC CLIMATE
dc.subject	CARBON
dc.subject	CARBON EMISSIONS
dc.subject	CLIMATE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGES
dc.subject	CLIMATE DATA
dc.subject	CLIMATE IMPACTS
dc.subject	CLIMATE MODELS
dc.subject	CLIMATE RESEARCH
dc.subject	CLIMATES
dc.subject	CLIMATIC DATA
dc.subject	CLIMATIC RESEARCH
dc.subject	CO2
dc.subject	COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	DAILY TEMPERATURE
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DATA
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE
dc.subject	EMISSION
dc.subject	EMISSION ABATEMENT
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
dc.subject	EVAPORATION
dc.subject	EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
dc.subject	EXTREME EVENTS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subject	FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	GLOBAL CLIMATE
dc.subject	GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEM
dc.subject	GLOBAL TEMPERATURES
dc.subject	GLOBAL WARMING
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	INTERNAL MIGRATION
dc.subject	IPCC
dc.subject	LAND USE
dc.subject	LIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subject	LOCAL AUTHORITIES
dc.subject	MALARIA
dc.subject	MELTING GLACIERS
dc.subject	METEOROLOGICAL DATA
dc.subject	METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS
dc.subject	MORTALITY
dc.subject	NATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subject	OCEAN CURRENTS
dc.subject	OCEAN TEMPERATURES
dc.subject	PER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject	POPULATION SIZE
dc.subject	PRECIPITATION
dc.subject	PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	RAIN
dc.subject	RAINFALL DATA
dc.subject	RAINFOREST
dc.subject	REGIONAL CLIMATE
dc.subject	REGIONAL CLIMATE PROJECTIONS
dc.subject	RESOURCE ECONOMICS
dc.subject	SCENARIOS
dc.subject	SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
dc.subject	SEA LEVEL
dc.subject	SEA-LEVEL
dc.subject	SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	SURFACE CLIMATE
dc.subject	SURFACE TEMPERATURE
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE ANOMALY
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE CHANGE
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE CHANGES
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE DATA
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE INCREASES
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE RANGE
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS
dc.subject	TEMPERATURES
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS
dc.subject	URBANIZATION
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	WATER MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	WATER SUPPLIES
dc.subject	WEATHER
dc.title	Social Impacts of Climate Change in Peru : A District Level Analysis of the Effects of Recent and Future Climate Change on Human Development and Inequality
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	Latin America & Caribbean
dc.coverage	Latin America & Caribbean
dc.coverage	South America
dc.coverage	America
dc.coverage	Peru