Indigenous Peoples and Climate
            Change in Latin America and the Caribbean

Verner, Dorte; Kronik, Jakob

dc.creator	Verner, Dorte
dc.creator	Kronik, Jakob
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:34:27Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:34:27Z
dc.date	2010
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:37:03Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:37:03Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333038_20100706024142
dc.identifier	978-0-8213-8237-0
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2472
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/242902
dc.description	Indigenous peoples across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) already perceive and experience negative effects of climate change and variability. Although the overall economic impact of climate change on gross domestic product (GDP) is significant, what is particularly problematic is that it falls disproportionately on the poor including indigenous peoples, who constitute about 6.5 percent of the population in the region and are among its poorest and most vulnerable (Hall and Patrinos 2006). This book examines the social implications of climate change and climatic variability for indigenous communities in LAC and the options for improving their resilience and adaptability to these phenomena. By social implications, the authors mean direct and indirect effects in the broad sense of the word social, including factors contributing to human well-being, health, livelihoods, human agency, social organization, and social justice. This book, much of which relies on new empirical research, addresses specifically the situation of indigenous communities because our research showed them to be among the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. A companion book (Verner 2010) provides information on the broader social dimensions of climate change in LAC and on policy options for addressing them. This book will help to place these impacts higher on the climate-change agenda and guide efforts to enhance indigenous peoples' rights and opportunities, whether by governments, indigenous peoples' organizations and their leaders, or non-state representatives.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.relation	Directions in Development ; environment and sustainable development
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	AIR
dc.subject	AIR TEMPERATURES
dc.subject	AMAZON FOREST
dc.subject	AMAZONIAN FOREST
dc.subject	ARMED CONFLICT
dc.subject	ATLANTIC FOREST
dc.subject	ATMOSPHERE
dc.subject	ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURES
dc.subject	AWARENESS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	BASES
dc.subject	BIODIVERSITY
dc.subject	CALCULATION
dc.subject	CANCER
dc.subject	CARBOHYDRATES
dc.subject	CARBON
dc.subject	CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	CLIMATE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE CONSEQUENCES
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGES
dc.subject	CLIMATE MODELS
dc.subject	CLIMATE SCIENCE
dc.subject	CLIMATE TRENDS
dc.subject	CLIMATE VARIABILITY
dc.subject	CLIMATE-CHANGE
dc.subject	CLIMATE-CHANGE IMPACTS
dc.subject	CLIMATE-CHANGE MITIGATION
dc.subject	CLIMATIC CHANGE
dc.subject	CLIMATIC CHANGES
dc.subject	CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
dc.subject	CLIMATIC EXTREMES
dc.subject	CLIMATIC VARIABILITY
dc.subject	CLIMATIC VARIATION
dc.subject	CLOUD COVER
dc.subject	COLORS
dc.subject	COMMERCIAL FISHING
dc.subject	CONSERVATION AREAS
dc.subject	CONVERGENCE
dc.subject	CORAL REEFS
dc.subject	CULTURAL CHANGE
dc.subject	CULTURAL PRACTICES
dc.subject	DESERTIFICATION
dc.subject	DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	DISEASES
dc.subject	DISSEMINATION
dc.subject	DRINKING WATER
dc.subject	DROUGHT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	ECONOMIC RESOURCES
dc.subject	ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	ELDERLY
dc.subject	EMISSION
dc.subject	EMISSION SCENARIOS
dc.subject	EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION
dc.subject	EMISSIONS SCENARIOS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
dc.subject	ETHNIC GROUPS
dc.subject	EXTREME EVENTS
dc.subject	EXTREME POVERTY
dc.subject	FISH MIGRATION
dc.subject	FLOODS
dc.subject	FOOD INSECURITY
dc.subject	FOOD PRODUCTION
dc.subject	FOOD SECURITY
dc.subject	FOREST CONSERVATION
dc.subject	FOREST COVER
dc.subject	FOREST FLOOR
dc.subject	FOREST FRAGMENTATION
dc.subject	FOREST LANDS
dc.subject	FOREST RESOURCES
dc.subject	FORESTRY
dc.subject	FORESTS
dc.subject	FORMAL EDUCATION
dc.subject	FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	GHGS
dc.subject	GLACIER RETREAT
dc.subject	GLACIERS
dc.subject	GLOBAL AVERAGE SURFACE WARMING
dc.subject	GLOBAL CLIMATE
dc.subject	GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	GOLD
dc.subject	GOOD GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT POLICIES
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GAS
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GASES
dc.subject	GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subject	HEALTH PROBLEMS
dc.subject	HEAVY RAINS
dc.subject	HIGH TEMPERATURES
dc.subject	HUMAN ACTIVITY
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	HUMAN HEALTH
dc.subject	HUMAN POTENTIAL
dc.subject	HUMIDITY
dc.subject	HURRICANES
dc.subject	ILLNESSES
dc.subject	IMPACT OF CLIMATE
dc.subject	IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS GROUPS
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS
dc.subject	INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE
dc.subject	IPCC
dc.subject	ITCZ
dc.subject	LACK OF CAPACITY
dc.subject	LAKES
dc.subject	LAND DEGRADATION
dc.subject	LAND PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	LEGAL STATUS
dc.subject	LIFESTYLES
dc.subject	MARKET ECONOMY
dc.subject	MENSTRUATION
dc.subject	METEOROLOGICAL DATA
dc.subject	MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	MORTALITY
dc.subject	MORTALITY RATE
dc.subject	MOTHER
dc.subject	NATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subject	NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCE
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subject	NEGATIVE IMPACTS
dc.subject	NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	NUTRITION
dc.subject	OZONE
dc.subject	OZONE DEPLETION
dc.subject	PERSONAL COMMUNICATION
dc.subject	PH
dc.subject	POLAR REGIONS
dc.subject	POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject	POLITICAL UNREST
dc.subject	POOR HEALTH
dc.subject	POPULATION CENSUS
dc.subject	POPULATION DENSITY
dc.subject	POPULATION SIZE
dc.subject	PRECIPITATION
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	PUBLIC POLICY
dc.subject	QUALITY OF LIFE
dc.subject	RAIN
dc.subject	RAINFALL
dc.subject	RAINFALL PATTERNS
dc.subject	RAINY SEASON
dc.subject	RAINY SEASONS
dc.subject	REGIONAL CLIMATE
dc.subject	REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	RESPECT
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	SCARCITY OF WATER
dc.subject	SEA LEVEL
dc.subject	SEA LEVEL RISE
dc.subject	SEA-LEVEL
dc.subject	SEA-LEVEL RISE
dc.subject	SEASON
dc.subject	SEASONAL PRECIPITATION
dc.subject	SEVERE STORMS
dc.subject	SMALLHOLDERS
dc.subject	SMOKE
dc.subject	SOCIAL CHANGES
dc.subject	SOCIAL CONDITIONS
dc.subject	SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SOCIAL DIMENSIONS
dc.subject	SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	SOCIAL IMPACT
dc.subject	SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	SOCIAL JUSTICE
dc.subject	SOCIETAL LEVEL
dc.subject	STORM SURGES
dc.subject	STORMS
dc.subject	SURFACE TEMPERATURE
dc.subject	SURFACE TEMPERATURES
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE INCREASE
dc.subject	TEMPERATURES
dc.subject	THUNDERSTORMS
dc.subject	TREE SPECIES
dc.subject	TROPICAL FOREST
dc.subject	TROPICAL FORESTS
dc.subject	TROPICAL GLACIER
dc.subject	UNEP
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS
dc.subject	URBAN POPULATIONS
dc.subject	VITAMINS
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	VULNERABLE GROUPS
dc.subject	WARMER AIR
dc.subject	WATER RESOURCES
dc.subject	WEATHER CONDITIONS
dc.subject	WEATHER PATTERNS
dc.title	Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.coverage	Latin America & Caribbean
dc.coverage	Caribbean
dc.coverage	Latin America