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ECONOMIC MODELLING
Volume 52, Issue -, Pages 681-689Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2015.10.008
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Climate change adaptation; Computable general equilibrium analysis; Scenario analysis; Dynamic CGE; Forward-looking models; Intertemporal optimisation
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- Forum Euromediterraneen des Instituts de Sciences Economiques - FEMISE [FEM34-23]
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This study advances the state of the art in country-level computable general equilibrium analysis for climate change impact and adaptation analysis by incorporating forward-looking expectations. The analytic framework is used to explore the long-run growth prospects for Egypt in a changing climate. Based on a review of existing estimates of climate change impacts on agricultural productivity, labour productivity and the potential losses due to sea-level rise for the country, the model is used to simulate the effects of climate change on aggregate consumption, investment and income up to 2050. Available cost estimates for adaptation investments are employed to explore adaptation strategies. The simulation analysis suggests that in the absence of policy-led adaptation investments, real GDP towards the middle of the century will be 6.5% lower than in a hypothetical baseline without climate change. A combination of adaptation measures, that include coastal protection investments for vulnerable sections along the low-lying Nile delta, support for changes in crop management practices and investments to raise irrigation efficiency, could reduce the GDP loss in 2050 to around 2.6%. Further work along these lines for developing countries in climate change hotspot regions deserves a high priority on the research agenda in economic modelling. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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