García-León, D., Casanueva, A., Standardi, G. et al. Current and projected regional economic impacts of heatwaves in Europe. Nat Commun

Objective:

• Analyse the present and future economic damages due to reduced labour productivity caused by extreme heat in Europe

Case:

• EU

Methodology:

• Heat stress: Wet Bulb Globe Temperature
• Quantile mapping
• Heat exposure function for workability

Data Source

• Heat events: ERA5-land
• Population: SEDAC
• GTAP

Findings:

• Extreme hot spells in EU varied greatly in frequency, duration, extention and severity

• Heatwaves undermined the economic growth of EU in the range of 0.3% - 0.5% of EU GDP

• The most affected regions are those with eigher more heat prone environments or a more exposed economic structure, or a combination of the two

• Direct impacts of heat on labour productivity take place mostly in outdoor sectors

Coding Reference:

• GTAP software