Assignments

• Today
  • Namrata (2023)
  • Albert et al. (2022)
  • Final Project Research Design (11:59pm)
• Tuesday (4/16)
  • No Readings
  • Git, Github, Github pages

Administration

Grading

• Quizzes & Workshops (7/8)
• Data Assignments (2/3)

Scheduling

• Final Project
  • Due: May 10 (11:59pm)

Agenda

1. Climate change overview
2. Namrata (2023)
3. Albert (2022)
4. Questions about Research Design

Climate Change

Are we doomed?

Where We Stand

Targets and Trajectories

Wind and Solar

Solar Panels

Electricity

Batteries

Batteries

Electric Vehicles

Cross-National Variation

China’s Growth

Decoupling

Divergence

Climate Adaptation

Disproportionate vulnerability for developing countries

Three literatures

• Quantifying vulnerabilities
• Measuring adaptation
• Spatial linkages

Climate Adaptation

Research Methods

Research Methods

Recent developments

Climate Adaptation

Climate change mitigation strategies

Measurement

Findings

Findings

Findings

Findings

• Dryness causes reallocation of capital and labor
• Dryness lowers productivity and reallocates remaining labor away from agriculture and to manufacturing
• Capital connected areas see reduced
• Labor connected areas see inflows