EnviroTek Group
Thermal Economic Tax Report: The Jamaican Situation
An analysis of the thermal economic tax — the unpriced loss in labour productivity, agricultural yield, health and energy efficiency caused by sustained extreme heat — in the Jamaican context. It examines how Hurricane Melissa's destruction of forest and mangrove cover dismantled the island's natural thermal regulator, and argues for structural climate adaptation over reactive disaster relief.
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