Climate Impacts on Capital Accumulation in Barbados

This research paper by the Stockholm Environment Institute develops a model to analyze how anticipating climate damage influences adaptation funding and infrastructure loss in small island developing states (SIDS), specifically applying the model to tropical storm damage in Barbados.

• The paper develops a model for small island developing states (SIDS) that focuses on the loss of commercial capital stocks, including equipment and buildings, resulting from extreme climate events. The model incorporates engineering literature to analyze how the anticipation of climate change affects the balance between current adaptation spending and future loss and damage.
• When applied to tropical storm damage in Barbados, the model demonstrates that anticipatory behavior alters the resulting damage to infrastructure for a given level of climate change, meaning damage is dependent on both climate variables and behavior.
• Small island developing states (SIDS) are predicted to be among the most severely impacted by climate change, with their export reliance contributing to high recurrent debt levels and growth fluctuations.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2019). Climate Impacts on Capital Accumulation in Barbados. https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-impacts-on-capital-accumulation-in-barbados/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Climate Impacts on Capital Accumulation in Barbados. 2019. https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-impacts-on-capital-accumulation-in-barbados/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Climate Impacts on Capital Accumulation in Barbados |date=7 June 2019 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-impacts-on-capital-accumulation-in-barbados/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2019climate, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Climate Impacts on Capital Accumulation in Barbados}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2019}, month = jun, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-impacts-on-capital-accumulation-in-barbados/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }