Policy Research Working Paper. Sea-level rise and coastal wetlands : impacts and costs

Blankespoor Brian; Dasgupta Susmita; Laplante Benoit; et al. - World Bank, 2012

Scientific evidence indicates that global warming could well lead to a sea-level rise of 1 meter or more in the 21st century. This paper seeks to quantify how a 1-meter sea-level rise that would affect coastal wetlands in 76 developing countries and territories, taking into account how much of wetlands would be submerged and how likely the wetlands would move inland as the coastline recedes. It is estimated that approximately 64 percent of the freshwater marsh, 66 percent of Global Lakes and Wetlands Database coastal wetlands, and 61 percent of brackish/saline wetlands are at risk. A large per ...

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 Sea-level rise and coastal wetlands : impacts and costs

  Available online: http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2012/11/2 [...]

Brian Blankespoor ; Susmita Dasgupta ; Benoit Laplante ; World Bank

Published by: World Bank ; 2012

Scientific evidence indicates that global warming could well lead to a sea-level rise of 1 meter or more in the 21st century. This paper seeks to quantify how a 1-meter sea-level rise that would affect coastal wetlands in 76 developing countries and territories, taking into account how much of wetlands would be submerged and how likely the wetlands would move inland as the coastline recedes. It is estimated that approximately 64 percent of the freshwater marsh, 66 percent of Global Lakes and Wetlands Database coastal wetlands, and 61 percent of brackish/saline wetlands are at risk. A large percentage of this loss would be shouldered by two regions: East Asia and the Pacific, and the Middle East and North Africa. At the country level, the results are extremely skewed with a small number of countries being severely affected. In East Asia, China and Vietnam would bear the brunt of these losses. In the Middle East and North Africa, Libya and Egypt would see the most losses. A rough estimate of the economic value of the goods and services produced by wetlands at risk is approximately $630 million per year in 2000 U.S. dollars

Collection(s) and Series:  Policy Research Working Paper

Language(s): English

Format: Digital (Free)

Tags: Oceans ; Sea level rising ; Economics ; Impact studies ; Environmental policies ; Littoral zone Add tag

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Accessing economic and political impacts of Hydrological variability on treaties: case studies on the Zambezi and Mekong basins

Blankespoor Brian; Basist Alan; Dinar Ariel; et al. - World Bank, 2012

The term 'green jobs' can refer to employment in a narrowly defined set of industries providing environmental services. But it is more useful for the policy-maker to focus on the broader issue of the employment consequences of policies to correct environmental externalities such as anthropogenic climate change. Most of the literature focuses on direct employment created, with more cursory treatment of indirect and induced job creation, especially that arising from macroeconomic effects of policies. The potential adverse impacts of green growth policies on labor productivity and the costs of em ...

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 Accessing economic and political impacts of Hydrological variability on treaties: case studies on the Zambezi and Mekong basins

  Available online: http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2012/03/1 [...]

Brian Blankespoor ; Alan Basist ; Ariel Dinar ; Shlomi Dinar ; World Bank

Published by: World Bank ; 2012

The term 'green jobs' can refer to employment in a narrowly defined set of industries providing environmental services. But it is more useful for the policy-maker to focus on the broader issue of the employment consequences of policies to correct environmental externalities such as anthropogenic climate change. Most of the literature focuses on direct employment created, with more cursory treatment of indirect and induced job creation, especially that arising from macroeconomic effects of policies. The potential adverse impacts of green growth policies on labor productivity and the costs of employment tend to be overlooked. More attention also needs to be paid in this literature to how labor markets work in different types of economy. There may be wedges between the shadow wage and the actual wage, particularly in developing countries with segmented labor markets and after adverse aggregate demand shocks, warranting a bigger and longer-lasting boost to green projects with high labor content. In these circumstances, the transition to green growth and job creation can go hand in hand. But there are challenges, especially for countries that have built their industrial development strategies around cheap carbon-based energy. Induced structural change, green or otherwise, should be accompanied by active labor market policies.

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Tags: Socio-economic benefits ; Hydrology ; River basin ; Region I - Africa ; Region II - Asia Add tag

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