Contrasting influences of biogeophysical and biogeochemical impacts of historical land use on global economic inequality.

ABSTRACT: Climate change has significant implications for macro-economic growth. The impacts of greenhouse gases and anthropogenic aerosols on economies via altered annual mean temperature (AMT) have been studied. However, the economic impact of land-use and land-cover change (LULCC) is still unknown because it has both biogeochemical and biogeophysical impacts on temperature and the latter differs in latitudes and disturbed land surface types. In this work, based on multi-model simulations from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6, contrasting influences of biogeochemical and biogeophysical impacts of historical (1850-2014) LULCC on economies are found. Their combined effects on AMT result in warming in most countries, which harms developing economies in warm climates but benefits deve

SUBMITTER: Liu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9072699 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature