Economics and Development Archives

Quantifying climate loss and damage consistent with a social cost of carbon

Published:March 2026

Author(s):Marshall Burke, Mustafa Zahid, Noah S. Diffenbaugh, Solomon Hsiang

Publisher:Nature

This peer-reviewed study evaluates loss and damage from past emissions, including both past and future damages, to provide a framework for linking specific emissions to damage outcomes, and considers mechanisms for settling debts.Read More →

Wildfire smoke exposure and mortality burden in the USA under climate change

Published:September 2025

Author(s):Minghao Qiu, Jessica Li, Carlos F. Gould, Renzhi Jing, Makoto Kelp, Marissa L. Childs, Jeff Wen, Yuanyu Xie, Meiyun Lin, Mathew V. Kiang, Sam Heft-Neal, Noah S. Diffenbaugh, Marshall Burke

Publisher:Nature

This peer-reviewed study examines the effects of climate change on wildfire smoke, associated mortality, and subsequent economic damages, which are among the most costly consequences of climate change in the USA.Read More →

Decreased Likelihood of Schooling as a Consequence of Tropical Cyclones: Evidence from 13 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Published:April 2025

Author(s):Renzhi Jing, Sam Heft-Neal, Zetianyu Wang, Eran Bendavid

Publisher:PNAS

This study assesses the impact of tropical cyclones on educational attainment using data from 5.4 million individuals in 13 countries. It emphasizes the need to protect schooling in the face of increasingly severe tropical cyclones.Read More →

Psychological Impacts of Climate Change on US Youth

Published:February 2025

Author(s):Ans Vercammen, Britt Wray, Yoshika S. Crider, Emma L. Lawrance

Publisher:PNAS

This study looks at psychological responses to climate change impacts in youths and finds that climate-related impacts are linked to increased anxiety and other psychological impacts.Read More →

Human-Induced Climate Change has Decreased Wheat Production in Northern Kazakhstan

Published:June 2024

Author(s):Paula Romanovska, Sabine Undorf, Bernhard Schauberger, Aigerim Duisenbekova, Christoph Gornott

Publisher:Environmental Research: Climate

In this peer-reviewed study, the authors quantify the impact of human-induced climate change on the average wheat production and associated economic revenues in northern Kazakhstan in the 21st centuryRead More →

Urban planning at the heart of increasingly severe East African flood impacts in a warming world

Published:May 2024

Author(s):Joyce Kimutai, Clair Barnes, Fredrick Masambaya, Izidine Pinto, Obed Matundura Ogega, Zacharia Mwai, Hannah Wangari, Mary Kilavi, Maja Vahlberg, Julie Arrighi, Emmanuel Raju, Nick Baumgar, Friederike E. L. Otto

Publisher:World Weather Attribution

In this peer-reviewed event study, the authors assess the impact of climate change, along with several compounding factors, on a series of heavy rainfall events between March and May of 2024 in Kenya and Tanzania which caused heavy flooding. Read More →

Exploring Spatial Heterogeneity in Synergistic Effects of Compound Climate Hazards: Extreme Heat and Wildfire Smoke on Cardiorespiratory Hospitalizations in California

Published:February 2024

Author(s):Chen Chen, Laura Schwarz, Noam Rosenthal, Miriam E. Marlier, Tarik Benmarhnia

Publisher:Science Advances

In this peer-reviewed study, the authors used high-resolution satellite and monitoring data to quantify the way that compound exposures to extreme heat and wildfire smoke in California (2006–2019) varied between ZIP codes.Read More →

Climate Change, Hurricanes, and Sovereign Debt in the Caribbean Basin

Published:January 2024

Author(s):Eduardo A. Cavallo, Santiago Gómez, Ilan Noy, Eric Strobl

Publisher:Inter-American Development Bank

In this Inter-American Development Bank working paper the authors assess the interaction between climate change, hurricanes, and public debt in the Caribbean. Read More →

The social costs of tropical cyclones

Published:November 2023

Author(s):Hazem Krichene, Thomas Vogt, Franziska Piontek, Tobias Geiger, Christof Schötz, Christian Otto

Publisher:Nature Communications

In this peer-reviewed study, the authors study the persistent growth effects of damaging tropical cyclones, and find that accounting for tropical cyclone impacts on growth substantially increases the global social cost of carbon by more than 20%.Read More →

Climate Attribution of Interpersonal Violence: International Evidence

Published:November 2023

Author(s):Jun Li, Chao Feng, Jun Yang

Publisher:Environmental Research

In this peer-reviewed study, published in Environmental Research, the authors discuss the impact of climate change on interpersonal violence, and find that hot and wet extremes precipitate increases in global homicide rates. Read More →

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