Mendelsohn, Robert2017-08-282017-08-282009https://hdl.handle.net/10986/28000Grim descriptions of the long-term consequences of climate change have given the impression that the climate impacts from greenhouse gases threaten long-term economic growth. However, the impact of climate change on the global economy is likely to be quite small over the next 50 years. Severe impacts even by the end of the century are unlikely. The greatest threat that climate change poses to long-term economic growth is from potentially excessive near-term mitigation efforts.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABATEMENTABATEMENT COSTABRUPT CLIMATEABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGEAGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIESAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSANTARCTICACARBONCARBON EMISSIONSCATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGECATASTROPHIC EVENTSCHLORINECLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSCLIMATE DAMAGESCLIMATE EFFECTSCLIMATE IMPACTSCLIMATE RISKCLIMATE RISKSCLIMATE SENSITIVECLIMATIC CHANGECO2COALCOASTAL AREASCOLORSCONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGECONSERVATIONCONSERVATION AREASCOST OF CLIMATE CHANGECOSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGECUMULATIVE EMISSIONSDAMAGESDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDISCOUNT RATEDYNAMICS OF GROWTHECOLOGICAL ECONOMICSECONOMIC ANALYSESECONOMIC EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC IMPACTSECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGEECOSYSTEMEFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGEELECTRICITYEMISSIONEMISSION LIMITSEMISSIONSENERGY CONSUMERSENERGY MODELSENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITSENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICSENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCYETHANOLEXTREME EVENTSFISCAL POLICIESFLOODSFORESTRYGASOLINEGLACIAL PERIODSGLOBAL CLIMATEGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGEGLOBAL EMISSIONSGLOBAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEGLOBAL MODEL OF CLIMATE CHANGEGLOBAL WARMINGGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE DAMAGEGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONSGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSGREENHOUSE GAS POLICYGREENHOUSE GASESHAZARDOUS WASTEHURRICANEICEICE SHEETSIMPACT OF CLIMATEIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGEIMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGEIMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEINCOMEINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGEIPCCMARGINAL COSTMARKET ECONOMYMODEL OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSMORTALITY RATESNATURAL GASNATURAL RESOURCESPARTICLESPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY RESPONSEPRECIPITATIONPRESENT VALUERAINREDUCTION IN CARBONRENEWABLE ENERGYRENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCESRESOURCE ECONOMICSSCENARIOSSCIENTISTSSEA LEVEL RISESEA LEVELSSOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGESOLID WASTETEMPERATURETEMPERATURE CHANGETIMBER MARKETSTROPICAL RAIN FORESTSUPPER ATMOSPHEREWINDWIND POWERWORLD CLIMATEWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/28000