Economic Development under Climate Change

• Author: Kenneth Strzepek,Sherman Robinson,Channing Arndt,Finn Tarp,Paul Chinowsky,James Thurlow
• Date: 01 August 2012
• Published date: 01 August 2012
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9361.2012.00668.x

Economic Development under Climate Changerode_668369..377

Channing Arndt, Paul Chinowsky, Sherman Robinson,

Kenneth Strzepek, Finn Tarp, and James Thurlow*

Abstract

The papers in this special issue represent some of the most comprehensive analyses of the implications of

climate change for developing countries undertaken to date. The papers employ a bottoms-up systems

approach whereby the implications of climate change are evaluated using structural models of agriculture

and infrastructure systems. The authors of the paper hail from multiple disciplines. This comprehensive,

multi-disciplinary,structural approach is designed to allow for more robust insight into the potential implic-

ations of climate change. The approach also allows for experimentation with alternative policy options for

achieving development objectives in the context of climate change.

1. Introduction

Climate change presents a highly complex challenge for developing countries, particu-

larly low income countries.While the challenge of climate change is relatively new, the

* Arndt: Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, building 26, 1353

København K, Denmark. Tel:+45-3-532-3010, Fax: +45-3-532-3000, E-mail: channingarndt@gmail.com. Chin-

owsky: Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado, ECOT 441, UCB 428,

Boulder, Colorado 80309-0428, USA. Robinson: Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex,

Brighton BN1 9RE, UK.Strzepek: Joint Program on the Science and Policyof Global Change, Massachusetts

Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, E19-411, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA. Tarp and

Thurlow:UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, FI-00160 Helsinki,Finland. Thisspecial issue is an initiative

of UNU-WIDER’s “Development under Climate Change” project.We are grateful for financial contribu-

tions to this project by the governments of Finland and Sweden.We also acknowledge core financial support

to UNU-WIDER from the governments of Denmark and the UK.The articles in this volume benefitted from

discussion,critique, and input from numerous people. Forbringing us together and getting us going, we would

like to thank Aziz Bouzaher,Jean-Christophe Carret, and Sergio Margulis of the WorldBank. Comments by

workshop participants at the International Food PolicyResearch Institute were also valuable. All errors and

omissions are the responsibility of the authors.

Review of Development Economics, 16(3), 369–377, 2012

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9361.2012.00668.x

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