Environmental science and pollution research international
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Environ Sci Pollut Res Int · Jan 2019
Natural disasters, climate change, and their impact on inclusive wealth in G20 countries.
This paper uses the 1990-2010 natural disaster and carbon emission data of G20 countries to examine the impact of natural disasters and climate change on the natural capital component of inclusive wealth. Our study shows that climate change and GDP have no positive impacts on the growth of natural capital. ⋯ Natural capital growth is not affected very much by small disasters. By contrast, large disasters tend to make the growth of natural capital fall sharply.