Possible economic impacts of a shutdown of the thermohaline circulation: an application of <Emphasis Type="Italic">FUND</Emphasis> |
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Authors: | P?Michael?Link Email author" target="_blank">Richard?S?J?TolEmail author |
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Institution: | (1) Research Unit Sustainability and Global Chance, Hamburg University, and Centre for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Bundesstrasse 55, 20146 Hamburg, Germany;(2) International Max Planck Research School of Earth System Modelling, Hamburg, Germany;(3) Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;(4) Center for Integrated Study of the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
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Abstract: | Climate change can lead to a substantial reduction of the strength of the thermohaline circulation in the world oceans. This is often thought to have severe consequences particularly on the North Atlantic region and Northern and Western Europe. The integrated assessment model FUND is used to estimate the extent of these impacts. The results indicate that, owing to a slower warming (rather than cooling) of the regions most affected by a thermohaline circulation collapse, climate change induced damages in these regions would be smaller in case of a shutdown of the thermohaline circulation. However, even with a thermohaline circulation collapse, the total and marginal impacts of climate change are negative.JEL Classification:
Q510, Q540We are grateful to Till Kuhlbrodt for providing the CLIMBER data and to Andre Krebber for processing them. The German Federal Ministry for Education and Research through the INTEGRATION project, the US National Science Foundation through the Center for Integrated Study of the Human Dimensions of Global Change (SBR-9521914) and the Michael Otto Foundation provided welcome financial support. |
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Keywords: | Climate change Climate change impacts Thermohaline circulation Integrated assessment |
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