Introduction to the Special Issue on the Economics of Climate Change Impacts on Developing Countries: Selected Studies on Sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia

Wisdom Akpalu, Channing Arndt and Innocent Matshe
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Wisdom Akpalu: World Institute for Development Economics Research, United Nations University, C/O Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 74 Legon, Accra, Ghana
Innocent Matshe: African Economic Research Consortium, 3rd Floor, Mebank Building, Milimani Road, P.O. Box 62882-00200 Nairobi, Kenya

Sustainability, 2015, vol. 7, issue 9, 1-5

Abstract: Within the last century, the global average temperature increased by about 1 °C and this rate of increase may accelerate over the course of the 21st century [1]. Although estimates of climate change are based on projections and probabilistic assessments, ample evidence exists that climate change impacts are likely to become more profound in this century, particularly if mitigation policies are absent or inadequate [1,2]. It has been argued that, relative to keeping the warming at 2 °C or lower, the global cost of continuing with “business as usual” may be 5 to 20 times higher [3,4]. [...]

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Date: 2015
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