Amplification of future energy demand growth due to climate change

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 2762 - 12
• Main Authors: van Ruijven, Bas J., De Cian, Enrica, Sue Wing, Ian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 24.06.2019; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 704/106/694/2739; 704/844/2739; 704/844/4066/4068; 704/844/4066/4080; 704/844/841; climate; Climate change; climate-change adaptation; climate-change impacts; Computer simulation; Demand; Energy; Energy consumption; Energy demand; energy economics; energy supply and demand; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Global climate; Humanities and Social Sciences; Income; Low income areas; multidisciplinary; open climate campaign; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Socioeconomics; Tropical environments

Future energy demand is likely to increase due to climate change, but the magnitude depends on many interacting sources of uncertainty. We combine econometrically estimated responses of energy use to income, hot and cold days with future projections of spatial population and national income under fi...