Social and economic impacts of climate

TA Carleton, SM Hsiang - Science, 2016 - science.org
BACKGROUND For centuries, thinkers have considered whether and how climatic
conditions influence the nature of societies and the performance of economies. A …

The climate change challenge: A review of the barriers and solutions to deliver a Paris solution

FD Santos, PL Ferreira, JST Pedersen - Climate, 2022 - mdpi.com
Global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have continued to grow persistently since 1750.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) entered into …

The 4.2 ka event is not remarkable in the context of Holocene climate variability

NP McKay, DS Kaufman, SH Arcusa, HR Kolus… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The “4.2 ka event” is a commonly described abrupt climate excursion that occurred
about 4200 years ago. However, the extent to which this event is coherent across regional …

Climate and conflict

M Burke, SM Hsiang, E Miguel - Annu. Rev. Econ., 2015 - annualreviews.org
We review the emerging literature on climate and conflict. We consider multiple types of
human conflict, including both interpersonal conflict, such as assault and murder, and …

Armed-conflict risks enhanced by climate-related disasters in ethnically fractionalized countries

CF Schleussner, JF Donges… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Social and political tensions keep on fueling armed conflicts around the world. Although
each conflict is the result of an individual context-specific mixture of interconnected factors …

Quantifying the influence of climate on human conflict

SM Hsiang, M Burke, E Miguel - Science, 2013 - science.org
Introduction Despite the existence of institutions designed to promote peace, interactions
between individuals and groups sometimes lead to conflict. Understanding the causes of …

Re-framing the threat of global warming: an empirical causal loop diagram of climate change, food insecurity and societal collapse

CE Richards, RC Lupton, JM Allwood - Climatic Change, 2021 - Springer
There is increasing concern that climate change poses an existential risk to humanity.
Understanding these worst-case scenarios is essential for good risk management. However …

Formal subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch: a Discussion Paper by a Working Group of INTIMATE (Integration of ice‐core, marine and terrestrial records) and …

MJC Walker, M Berkelhammer, S Björck… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This discussion paper, by a Working Group of INTIMATE (Integration of ice‐core, marine and
terrestrial records) and the Subcommision on Quaternary Stratigraphy (SQS) of the …

The effects of weather shocks on economic activity: what are the channels of impact?

S Acevedo, M Mrkaic, N Novta, E Pugacheva… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Global temperatures have increased at a historically unprecedented pace. This paper finds
that the negative effect of temperature on output in countries with hot climates runs through …

The 4.2 ka BP Event in the Mediterranean region: an overview

M Bini, G Zanchetta, A Perşoiu, R Cartier… - Climate of the …, 2019 - cp.copernicus.org
The Mediterranean region and the Levant have returned some of the clearest evidence of a
climatically dry period occurring around 4200 years ago. However, some regional evidence …