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DOI	10.1080/14693062.2018.1517640
	Upholding labour productivity under climate change: an assessment of adaptation options
	Day E.; Fankhauser S.; Kingsmill N.; Costa H.; Mavrogianni A.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	14693062
起始页码	367
结束页码	385
卷号	19 期号:3
英文摘要	Changes in labour productivity feed through directly to national income. An external shock, like climate change, which may substantially reduce the productivity of workers is therefore a macroeconomic concern. The biophysical impact of higher temperatures on human performance is well documented. Less well understood are the wider effects of higher temperatures on the aggregate productivity of modern, diversified economies, where economic output is produced in contexts ranging from outdoor agriculture to work in air-conditioned buildings. Working conditions are at least to some extent the result of societal choices, which means that the labour productivity effects of heat can be alleviated through careful adaptation. A range of technical, regulatory/infrastructural and behavioural options are available to individuals, businesses and governments. The importance of local contexts prevents a general ranking of the available measures, but many appear cost-effective. Promising options include the optimization of working hours and passive cooling mechanisms. Climate-smart urban planning and adjustments to building design are most suitable to respond to high base temperature, while air conditioning can respond flexibly to short temperature peaks if there is sufficient cheap, reliable and clean electricity. Key policy insights The effect of heat stress on labour productivity is a key economic impact of climate change, which could affect national output and workers’ income. Effective adaptation options exist, such as shifting working hours and cool roofs, but they require policy intervention and forward planning. Strategic interventions, such as climate-smart municipal design, are as important as reactive or project-level adaptations. Adaptation solutions to heat stress are highly context specific and need to be assessed accordingly. For example, shifting working hours could be an effective way of reducing the effect of peak temperatures, but only if there is sufficient flexibility in working patterns. © 2018, © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
英文关键词	climate change adaptation; climate-resilient development; heat and labour productivity; Heat stress
语种	英语
scopus关键词	air conditioning; climate change; heat shock; high temperature; labor productivity; policy analysis; smart city; urban planning; working conditions
来源期刊	Climate Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/153422
作者单位	Vivid Economics, London, United Kingdom; Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP), London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom; Department of Economics, Toulouse School of Economics, Toulouse, France; Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, University College London, London, United Kingdom
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Day E.,Fankhauser S.,Kingsmill N.,et al. Upholding labour productivity under climate change: an assessment of adaptation options[J],2019,19(3).
APA	Day E.,Fankhauser S.,Kingsmill N.,Costa H.,&Mavrogianni A..(2019).Upholding labour productivity under climate change: an assessment of adaptation options.Climate Policy,19(3).
MLA	Day E.,et al."Upholding labour productivity under climate change: an assessment of adaptation options".Climate Policy 19.3(2019).