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. 2010 Dec 15;6(1):7–20. doi: 10.1007/s11625-010-0118-9

Table 6.

Economy-wide impacts of climate change

Baseline Global wet Global dry Local wet Local dry
Average annual real per capita absorption growth rate, 2003–2050 (%) 2.12 1.85 1.74 1.91 2.03
Deviation from baseline −0.27 −0.38 −0.20 −0.09
Average annual undiscounted value of absorption, 2046–2050 (US$ billions, 2003 prices) 15.86 14.12 13.42 14.51 15.21
Deviation from baseline −1.74 −2.44 −1.35 −0.65
Accumulated discounted deviation in absorption from baseline, 2003–2050 (US$ billions, 2003 prices) 4.93 7.42 4.40 2.29
Accrued during 2010s 0.62 1.04 0.64 0.39
Accrued during 2020s 1.03 1.57 0.94 0.45
Accrued during 2030s 1.45 2.07 1.20 0.53
Accrued during 2040s 1.77 2.48 1.36 0.67
Due to crop yields and sea-level rise 0.36 1.21 0.94 1.61
Due to flooding and road damages 4.56 6.21 3.42 0.63
Due to declining hydropower generation 0.01 0.00 0.04 0.05
Deviation in average annual real per capita GDP growth rate from baseline, 2003–2050 (%) −0.27 −0.38 −0.20 −0.08 −0.27
Agriculture −0.18 −0.26 −0.12 −0.12 −0.18
Industry −0.38 −0.53 −0.29 −0.09 −0.38
Services −0.24 −0.34 −0.18 −0.08 −0.24
North region −0.15 −0.27 −0.15 −0.11 −0.15
Center region −0.22 −0.27 −0.12 −0.16 −0.22
South region −0.22 −0.20 −0.05 −0.08 −0.22

Source: results from the DCGE model