Climate change

Impact of heatwaves on labor productivity

This article reviews recent economic studies on the causal effects of temperature on labor productivity. The negative effects of extreme temperatures are widespread, and the magnitudes of the impact differ across social and economic factors. In addition to physical outputs, extreme temperatures also impair mental productivity, including cognition and learning. In utero exposure to extreme temperatures has profound effects on…

Long term temperature trends in India

A nice analysis of long term temperature trends in India.

The cost of extreme weather

The cost of extreme weather in Australia is rising. Three new graphs show just how much the cost of extreme weather is increasing, the growth of extreme weather costs as a proportion of the economy, and the impact on insurer sustaina The cost of extreme weather is growing in real terms Averaged over the past three decades and adjusted for inflation, insurers paid $2.1 billion a year to policyholders impacted by extreme…