Costs of climate change: The effects of rising temperatures on health and productivity

Arbeitspapier

The aim of the study is to quantify climate induced health risks for Germany. Based on high resolution climate scenarios for the period 2071 to 2100 we forecast the number of days with heat load and cold stress. The heat frequency and intensity increases overall but more in the south. Referring to empirical studies on heat induced health effects we estimate an average increase in the number of heat induced casualties by a factor of more than 3. Heat related hospitalization costs increase 6-fold not including the cost of ambulant treatment. Heat also reduces the work performance resulting in an estimated output loss of between 0.12 % and 0.48 % of GDP.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Kiel Working Paper ; No. 1321 [rev.]

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Health: General ; Valuation of Environmental Effects ; Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
• Thema: costs of climate change ; health effects ; heat waves ; mortality ; hospitalization costs ; labor productivity ; Klimawandel ; Soziale Kosten ; Prognose ; Gesundheit ; Gesundheitskosten ; Arbeitsproduktivität ; Welt

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Hübler, Michael ; Klepper, Gernot ; Peterson, Sonja
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
• (wo): Kiel
• (wann): 2007

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/130551
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 23:43 MEZ