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Climate Change Mitigation 7 Location: B011 Session Chair: Raul Bajo-Buenestado, University of Navarra | |
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Some Unpleasant Tropical Nights: minimum temperatures and commuting accidents University of Navarra, Spain Climate change is increasing the frequency of abnormally hot nights (tropical nights), which, absent adaptation, disrupt sleep and impair cognitive functioning and attention. I examine the impact of tropical nights on the risk of commuting road accidents, exploiting variation in short-term local weather and administrative records covering the universe of such accidents in Spain. I find that the likelihood of a commuting accident rises by 14-15.5% following a tropical night, with the magnitude of the effect varying with local levels of adaptation. The increase in accident risk is disproportionately concentrated among women—with evidence suggesting to gendered patterns of time use and physiological vulnerability as underlying mechanisms—as well as among lower-income individuals. Using station-level climate change projections from 11 global climate models, I estimate the trajectory of accident incidence and quantify the associated injuries, fatalities, and productivity losses in the absence of adaptation measures and flexible work policies. | |