Labour productivity and economic impacts of carbon mitigation: a modelling study and benefit–cost analysis
Zhao, Mengzhen ; Huang, Xiaodan ; Kjellstrom, Tord ; Otto, Matthias
2022
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941-948
decarbonization ; cost benefit analysis ; climate change ; labour productivity
Production management
https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00245-5
English
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"Background
Despite the emerging carbon neutrality pledges from different countries, it is still unclear how much these pledges would cost and how the costs would compare with the economic benefits. Comparisons at the country level are important for tightening country-specific emissions trajectories to keep the temperature limit targets outlined in the Paris Agreement within reach. We aimed to systematically estimate avoided heat-related labour productivity losses against the costs of climate change mitigation at country and regional levels. ..."
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