Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/177234 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 040.2017
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
It is well known that the forestry sector is sensitive to climate change but most studies have examined impacts only through 2100 and warming of less than 4°C. This is the first timber analysis to consider possible climate change impacts out to 2250 and warming up to 11°C above 1900 levels. The results suggest that large productivity gains through 2190 lead to a continued expansion of the global timber supply. However, as carbon fertilization effects diminish and continued warming causes forestland to continue to shrink, warming above 8°C is predicted to become harmful to the forest sector.
Subjects: 
Climate change
RCP 8.5
Forestry
Dynamic optimization
Timber market
JEL: 
Q5
Q23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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