High‐Temperature Exposure and Land Transactions in China

Abstract

Due to the excessive dependence of human activities on fossil fuels, the current global average temperature is already 1.09°C higher than pre-industrial levels. There are many studies in the field of global carbon emissions (Lin & Du, 2015;Meng et al., 2018). Without deep emission reductions, limiting global warming to 1.5°C will be impossible. That 0.5°C difference between 1.5°C and 2°C indicates that 65 million people will experience extreme heat waves every year (Pörtner et al., 2022). With the frequent occurrence of heat waves, some studies have linked high temperature with human behaviors (Dell et al., 2014;Heyes & Saberian, 2019;Zivin et al., 2020). Existing research has been conducted from physiological and perceived dimensions (C. A. Anderson et al., 1995). On the physiological dimension, exposure to high temperature will reduce blood flow to the brain, increase heat-related fatigue, and decrease the ability of concentration and memory (Hocking et al., 2001;Kiyatkin, 2007). On the perceived dimension, the influence of climate on cognitive output has been well-studied in recent years (K.