Implications of global warming: Two eras

Philip Graves ()

World Development Perspectives, 2017, vol. 7-8, 9-14

Abstract: Attempts to ponder meaningfully about the very long-term implications of global warming requires thinking about long-standing trends in other variables that would be expected to interact with climate change over time. One can envision two quite different “eras,” a first filled with considerable danger of both economic and environmental collapse. But—if humanity survives the first period—a second period of great promise for humanity and the global ecosystem is likely to emerge. The periods are discussed sequentially with an emphasis on the changing interactions among global climate, global population, international trade, population ageing, income growth and technological advance.

Keywords: Environmental portfolio; Environmental doomster or pessimist; Environmental boomster or optimist; Porter hypothesis; Future projections; Population projections; Income projections; Socio-demographic projections (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H4 H87 O13 Q54 Q56 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2017.10.002

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