Pub Date : 2025-11-20DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108873
Camille Salesse
This paper examines the heterogeneous effects of extreme heat on mortality in France, highlighting disparities across population density, socio-economic characteristics, and time. Using a new monthly database of French municipalities from 1980 to 2019, I exploit year-to-year random variations in temperature to show that extreme heat significantly increases the mortality rate, especially for people aged 75 and over. The study also emphasizes the greater vulnerability of people living in densely populated cities due to structural challenges that amplify the impact of high temperatures. Socio-economic conditions also shape vulnerability, as low-income municipalities face a disproportionate impact, especially in rural areas. Indeed, the paper’s key contribution is to disentangle the effects of urban density and income on the heat–mortality relationship, showing that social inequalities in the effects of high temperatures are particularly pronounced in rural settings. The results also show a major reduction in the impact of heat following the extreme 2003 heatwave, partly due to the National Heatwave Plan implemented in response to this event.
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Physical pain is on the rise worldwide, yet little is known about its relationship with rising temperatures. Using daily survey data on more than 2 million U.S. residents from 26,987 zip codes between 2008 and 2017, we examine whether hotter days are associated with greater reports of pain. Our outcome captures whether respondents experienced physical pain for a substantial part of the day, reflecting the prevalence of sustained daily pain rather than fleeting discomfort. We find that the likelihood of such pain increases steadily with temperature up to around 16–18 °C and remains elevated, though with smaller further increases, on hotter days. On days with temperatures of 32 °C or higher, the probability of reporting pain is about 0.45 percentage points higher—an increase of roughly 1.9 % relative to the average prevalence. Analyses of stress, enjoyment, and activity limitation suggest that physiological pathways play an important role in this association, complementing possible behavioural responses. Using climate projection data (CMIP5, SSP2–4.5), we estimate that temperature-driven increases in pain prevalence between 2008 and 2017 imposed annual economic costs of approximately $2 billion, with projected costs rising to $9.4 billion by 2050 if no adaptation measures are taken. These findings suggest that temperature deviations from moderate ranges exacerbate physical suffering, with the heat effects likely understated in our data, and underscore the need for policies that mitigate both climatic and health impacts.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-19DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108869
Sara Karimzadeh
Cross-border waste trade from high- to lower-income countries contributes to unsustainable economic growth through overproduction and overconsumption in the former while shifting environmental, social, and health costs to the latter. Drawing on Samir Amin's theory of delinking, this article presents waste delinking as an imperative to internalize the costs of affluent regions' post-consumption residues within their own territories and capacities. Using recent evidence on plastic, textile, and electronic waste, the article shows how closing export outlets constraints growth and can catalyze systemic transformation. Waste delinking necessiates a reorganization of production–consumption systems and therefore provides a concrete pathway toward degrowth-oriented futures grounded in non-colonial relations, localization, and ecological justice.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-19DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108872
Camille Antinori , Tobias Börger , Philip King , Matthew Peterson
A travel cost analysis based on the multivariate Poisson-log normal model explores the varying effects of income and race/ethnicity on visitation to a low-cost urban blue space amenity for angling. Using data from an on-site survey in San Francisco Bay, we estimate a consumer surplus value of $78 per angling visit, which breaks down into $74, $91 and $45 for low, medium and high income brackets, respectively, questioning the normal good assumption for environmental amenities in close proximity to large, diverse urban populations. Further, income effects vary across race/ethnicity groups whose representation at the shoreline contrasts with the local managing municipality, revealing the location’s value as a regional resource. Both observed and contingent behavior information estimated simultaneously within the model shows that a quality change in the form of a reopened pier would almost double visitation, with the largest relative increase among wealthier anglers. The paper contributes to analysis of access and equity in outdoor recreation by illustrating distinct features of urban shoreline fishing, with implications for multilayered coastal governance and competing policy agendas.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-19DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108868
Guilherme Magacho , Marco Brancher , Luca Tausch
This paper delves into the complex challenges faced by Latin American countries in transitioning to a low-carbon economy. Using a hybrid multi-regional input- output model, we assess the region's sectoral capabilities in generating foreign exchange, fiscal revenues, employment and wages. Our findings underscore the potential adverse effects of this profound structural change, shedding light on constraints that may emerge, particularly in economies striving to promote structural transformation. The analysis of developing countries’ current exposure and vulnerabilities to the low- carbon transition emphasizes the importance of tailoring effective policies to each unique context. The shift toward a greener economy necessitates significant public investments in green infrastructure, support for emerging industries and technologies, and social protection measures.
Latin American countries, with among the world’s highest per capita GHG emissions, face the imperative of ambitious policies, technological innovation, and international collaboration to facilitate the transition while safe- guarding critical economic and social aspects. Our assessment of Latin American countries’ capacity to adapt to the constraints of the low-carbon transition and its social safety net reveals that the region exhibits high exposure, low productive and technological capabilities, and limited social protection, signifying a high degree of vulnerability to the low- carbon transition.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-19DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108866
Manfred Milinski , Stefania Innocenti
Climate extremes have become more frequent and severe due to excessive human emissions, yet it remains unclear whether the threat of costly hazards spurs collective mitigation. In a laboratory experiment, groups of six players contributed individually toward a collective target that, if unmet, triggered a simulated climate catastrophe and forfeiture of their endowment. Some groups also faced intermediate climate events, avoidable through sufficient mitigation to prevent costly losses. Although many groups suffered from losses, they reached the final target as often as the control groups without simulated climate events. Player behavior had two variants: “fair players”, who consistently contributed their share, and “extortioners”, who free-rode and forced others to compensate for their lack of contribution. Groups were randomly composed of participants, whose observed behavior revealed between 0 and 5 individuals acting as extortioners. When extortion became overwhelming, fair players failed to absorb the deficit, groups missed the target and steadfast extortioners incurred losses too. Extortioners disregarded losses and accumulated a large gain while fair players earned little. Nonetheless, fair players' best response was to accede to extortion and cover the deficit. Extortion decreased mitigation across all conditions. Our findings may help to illustrate mechanisms also relevant in the real world where individual actions e.g., leisure travel on giant cruise ships or running power plants with coal, and much else, ultimately prevent collective success. In 2024, global CO2 emissions and temperatures reached record highs, stressing the inability of fair players to compensate the deficit caused by freeriders. This dynamic suggests that the persistence of climate change stems from the unwavering behavior of extortioners in contexts outside of the laboratory.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-18DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108840
Roldan Muradian , Peter May
Tropical deforestation remains one of the most pressing socio-ecological challenges, despite decades of international efforts to regulate forest use and commodity trade. This editorial article introduces the special issue “Deforestation-free trade: Global governance challenges and socio-environmental implications in producing countries” and situates its contributions within the historical evolution of global forest governance. We distinguish three “generations” of governance arrangements: a first based on intergovernmental soft law and contested notions of sovereignty and global commons; a second centered on voluntary standards, private certification, and the climatization of forests through REDD+; and a third, currently emerging, characterized by compulsory demand-side regulation (e.g., the EU Deforestation Regulation) and redistributive proposals (e.g., the Tropical Forest Forever Facility). Using the analytical lens of discursive framing, we show how shifting narratives have shaped governance regimes. We argue that territorial approaches (regulations addressing directly the main drivers of deforestation) are more likely to curb deforestation, as compared to value chain interventions (demand-driven regulations targeting global commodity chains associated with deforestation risk). However, they need to be supported by global redistributive mechanisms, to facilitate enforcement. The contributions to this special issue highlight the need for hybrid strategies that combine regulatory measures with cooperative redistribution and recognition of forest-dependent peoples. We conclude that effective global governance of forests requires reframing them beyond carbon and commodities while acknowledging their socio-cultural, ecological, and justice dimensions.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-17DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108847
Sophie Harzer, Martin F. Quaas
Differentiated payments are discussed as a means to increase allocative efficiency in biodiversity conservation. Yet, homogeneous payments are less demanding in terms of information and foster competition. We set up a microeconomic model to characterize conditions on social biodiversity conservation objectives and conservation costs such that homogeneous payments would implement an efficient allocation of conservation efforts, both for input-based and output-based payments. We show that the efficiency of homogeneous payments depends on assumptions about the social biodiversity benefits. Assumptions on conservation cost are relevant for differentiation of payments only if the regulator strives for price discrimination to minimize conservation payments; for example by means of auctions or tenders. In a systematic review of the literature on payments for biodiversity conservation, we assess to which extent the literature has been imposing such assumptions, and conclude that most studies specify biodiversity objectives such that homogeneous payments would implement efficient biodiversity conservation.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-15DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108865
Antonio Di Cintio , Sara Mohamed Santamaria , Miquel Ortega , Federico Niccolini , Fabio Bulleri
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are one of the most relevant management tools to halt marine resource degradation. Since MPAs success depends on the integration of ecological objectives with economic and social standards, assessing the perceptions of local communities (namely, fishers) prior to MPA establishment is pivotal for enhancing their effectiveness. Using Q methodology, we collected viewpoints of the artisanal fishing sector in the Tuscan Archipelago (Mediterranean GSA 9), one of the most important Mediterranean UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The survey reveals a heterogeneity of perceptions about MPAs. Three main discourses are identified: i)the “proactive discourse”, acknowledging a state of crisis and expressing appreciation for MPAs alongside the desire to actively contribute to their creation and management; ii) the “NIMBY (Not in my backyard) discourse”, showing general appreciation for MPAs as a management tool, but unwilling to support their establishment in usual fishing grounds; iii) the “skeptical discourse”, minimizing the crisis of the artisanal fishing sector and expressing mistrust towards MPAs. Our results have important implications for the engagement of artisanal fishers in MPAs establishment and management within the framework of the European Union Biodiversity Strategy for 2030.
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Innovation in the construction sector is critical to reducing environmental impacts, yet the adoption of circular innovations remains poorly understood. This paper examines the determinants of circular innovation adoption among 376 construction firms in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, based on an original survey dataset. Our analysis reveals that R&D investments increase the likelihood of circular innovation adoption by 24 percentage points, while larger firm size raises it by 13 points. Local market orientation exerts a strong positive effect: firms generating at least 50 % of their turnover locally are 15 percentage points more likely to adopt a circular innovation. Regulatory factors are not significant in aggregate, but become decisive for specific circular practices such as selective demolition and the use of sustainable inputs. Theoretically, the study demonstrates that circular innovations follow different adoption dynamics than traditional innovations in the construction industry, with proximity-based networks and local material flows playing a central role. Policy-wise, findings highlight the need to support R&D, especially in smaller firms, strengthen targeted regulatory incentives, and foster local inter-firm collaborations to reduce transaction costs and overcome secondary material quality risks.
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