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Earth Science 2019 Journal of EnvironmentalWaste Management and Recycling | Volume 2
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May 22-23, 2019 | Rome, Italy
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RECYCLING & SPACE TECHNOLOGY
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ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE LINK
BETWEEN EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS AND
CLIMATE CHANGE IN ATLANTIC CANADA
I n recent years Atlantic Canada has seen many examples of extreme
weather and climate events such as floods, hurricanes, thunderstorms,
severe rainfalls and snowstorms, storm surges, heat waves and others.
These extreme weather events resulted in significant economic damage
which has affected lives of people in the region as well as public financ-
es. The existing literature on extreme weather and climate events claims
that frequency and magnitude of these events are going to increase in
the future due to changing climate. This study tests this statement with
respect to Atlantics Canada bymeans of a rigorous statistical analysis.The
relationships between frequencies of floods, hurricanes, heavy rainfalls
and snowstorms and climate variables such as temperature, precipita-
tion and sea level are established on the basis of log-log complimentary
model and Poisson regressions. Other specific factors associated with
each extreme weather event are used as control variables. Our estima-
tion on the basis of these statistical methods has shown a strong and
statistically significant positive correlation between frequencies of the
above mentioned extreme weather events and climate variables which
prove the link between frequencies of these events and climate change
in Atlantic Canada.
Yuri Yevdokimov, J Environ Waste Management and Recycling 2019, Volume 2
Yuri Yevdokimov is a Professor at the University
of New Brunswick, Canada. Having completed
degrees in Economics and Engineering, he holds
a joint appointment in the Departments of Eco-
nomics and Civil Engineering. He acquired his de-
grees in three different countries: MSc equivalent
in Engineering and PhD equivalent in Economics,
former Soviet Union; MSc in Economics, USA and
PhD in Economics, Canada. His research inter-
ests lies in the field of economic evaluation of
climate change impacts, sustainable energy and
emerging market economies. His work has been
published in academic journals and conference
proceedings in USA, UK, Canada, France, Greece,
Germany, India, China, Croatia and former USSR,
particularly in Russia and Ukraine. Till date he
has more than 30 publications. One monograph,
three textbooks, sixteen refereed journal articles
and nine chapters in books are among these
publications.
Yuri Yevdokimov
University of New Brunswick, Canada
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