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Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies in Italy: An Economic Assessment

FEEM Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Research Paper

CMCC Research Paper No. 14

28 Pages Posted: 29 Jan 2008 Last revised: 24 Mar 2009

See all articles by Alessandra Sgobbi

Alessandra Sgobbi

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) ; CMCC - Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici

Carlo Carraro

Ca' Foscari University of Venice; CMCC - Euro Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change (Climate Policy Division); IPCC; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels; Green Growth Knowledge Platform

Date Written: January 1, 2008

Abstract

In this paper, the economic value of the impacts of climate change is assessed for different Italian economic sectors and regions. Sectoral and regional impacts are then aggregated to provide a macroeconomic estimate of variations in GDP induced by climate change in the next decades. Autonomous adaptation induced by changes in relative prices and in stocks of natural and economic resources is fully taken into account. The model also considers international trade effects. Results show that in Italy aggregate GDP losses induced by climate change are likely to be small. However, some economic sectors (e.g. tourism) and the alpine regions will suffer significant economic damages.

Keywords: Impacts, Climate Change, Adaptation, GDP Losses, Tourism

JEL Classification: O13, Q43, Q5, R13

Suggested Citation

Sgobbi, Alessandra and Carraro, Carlo, Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies in Italy: An Economic Assessment (January 1, 2008). FEEM Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Research Paper, CMCC Research Paper No. 14, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1086627 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1086627

Alessandra Sgobbi (Contact Author)

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) ( email )

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CMCC - Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici ( email )

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Carlo Carraro

Ca' Foscari University of Venice ( email )

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Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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