Low-Carbon Development : Latin
            American Responses to Climate Change

de la Torre, Augusto; Fajnzylber, Pablo; Nash, John

dc.creator	de la Torre, Augusto
dc.creator	Fajnzylber, Pablo
dc.creator	Nash, John
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:04:39Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:04:39Z
dc.date	2010
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:40:10Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:40:10Z
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=000333037_20091027010753
dc.identifier	978-0-8213-8054-3
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2679
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/243068
dc.description	Climate change is already a reality. This is evidenced by the acceleration of global temperature increases, the melting of ice and snow covers, and rising sea levels. Latin America and the Caribbean region (LCR) are not exempt from these trends, as illustrated by the changes in precipitation patterns that are already being reported in the region, as well as by observations of rising temperatures, the rapid melting of Andean tropical glaciers, and an increasing number of extreme weather events. The most important force behind climate change is the rising concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the earth's atmosphere driven mainly by manmade emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases. Because of inertia in the climate system, the planet is likely to continue warming over the twenty-first century, and unless emissions are significantly reduced, this process could accelerate, with potentially very serious consequences for nature and mankind. There is still, however, a high degree of uncertainty regarding the specific drivers, timing, and impact of global climate change, as well as about the costs and efficacy of actions aimed at either mitigating it or dealing with its physical and economic impacts. As a result, it is very hard, at this point, to unambiguously determine economically efficient emission pathways for which the benefits of actions to mitigate climate change will exceed the costs of those actions. Despite these problems and uncertainties, there is increasing evidence suggesting that urgent action is needed in order to alter current emission trends so as to avoid reaching GHG concentration levels that could trigger large and irreversible damages. Negotiations are under way and are scheduled to be concluded in 2012 with a new agreement on a way forward. At the same time, individual countries are also considering how to respond in their own domestic policy to the challenges of climate change. LCR governments and civil society should be well informed about the potential costs and benefits of climate change and their options for decisions that will need to be made over the next decades as well as the global context in which these decisions must be taken. At the same time, the global community needs to be better informed about the unique perspective of the LCR, problems the region will face, potential contributions the region can make to combat global warming, and how to unlock the region's full potential so as to enable it to maximize its contribution while continuing to grow and reduce poverty. This report seeks to help fill both these needs.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.relation	World Bank Latin American and Caribbean Studies
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	AFFORESTATION
dc.subject	ALLOWANCES
dc.subject	ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
dc.subject	AMOUNT OF EMISSIONS
dc.subject	ATMOSPHERE
dc.subject	ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS
dc.subject	AUCTION
dc.subject	BIOMASS
dc.subject	CAPITAL STOCKS
dc.subject	CAPS
dc.subject	CARBON CAPTURE
dc.subject	CARBON DIOXIDE
dc.subject	CARBON DIOXIDE MITIGATION
dc.subject	CARBON ECONOMY
dc.subject	CARBON EMISSIONS
dc.subject	CARBON EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION
dc.subject	CARBON ENERGY
dc.subject	CARBON ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subject	CARBON FINANCE
dc.subject	CARBON INTENSITY
dc.subject	CARBON PRICE
dc.subject	CARBON PRICES
dc.subject	CARBON TAX
dc.subject	CARBON TAXES
dc.subject	CARBON TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subject	CATASTROPHIC DAMAGES
dc.subject	CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONS
dc.subject	CH4
dc.subject	CHANGES IN CLIMATE
dc.subject	CLEAN ENERGY
dc.subject	CLEANER ENERGY
dc.subject	CLIMATE
dc.subject	CLIMATE ANALYSIS INDICATORS
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
dc.subject	CLIMATE DAMAGES
dc.subject	CLIMATE SENSITIVITY
dc.subject	CLIMATE STABILIZATION
dc.subject	CLIMATE SYSTEM
dc.subject	CLIMATIC CHANGES
dc.subject	CO
dc.subject	CO2
dc.subject	COAL
dc.subject	COLORS
dc.subject	CONVERGENCE
dc.subject	CORAL REEFS
dc.subject	COST-BENEFIT
dc.subject	COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
dc.subject	CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS
dc.subject	DAMAGES
dc.subject	DEFORESTATION
dc.subject	DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	DIESEL
dc.subject	DIFFUSION
dc.subject	DISASTER PREVENTION
dc.subject	DROUGHT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC IMPACT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	ECONOMIC IMPACTS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC RECOVERY
dc.subject	ECOSYSTEM
dc.subject	ECOSYSTEMS
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY COMPANY
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY GENERATION
dc.subject	EMISSION
dc.subject	EMISSION INTENSITY
dc.subject	EMISSION LEVELS
dc.subject	EMISSION PATHWAYS
dc.subject	EMISSION PERMITS
dc.subject	EMISSION PROFILE
dc.subject	EMISSION REDUCTION
dc.subject	EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS
dc.subject	EMISSION REDUCTIONS
dc.subject	EMISSION SCENARIOS
dc.subject	EMISSION TRAJECTORIES
dc.subject	EMISSION TRENDS
dc.subject	EMISSIONS
dc.subject	EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	EMISSIONS FROM ELECTRICITY GENERATION
dc.subject	EMISSIONS FROM LAND USE
dc.subject	EMISSIONS FROM LAND USE CHANGE
dc.subject	EMISSIONS FROM LAND-USE CHANGE
dc.subject	EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
dc.subject	ENERGY CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	ENERGY DEMAND
dc.subject	ENERGY EFFICIENCY
dc.subject	ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS
dc.subject	ENERGY EMISSIONS
dc.subject	ENERGY INTENSITY
dc.subject	ENERGY MIX
dc.subject	ENERGY POLICY
dc.subject	ENERGY SAVINGS
dc.subject	ENERGY SECURITY
dc.subject	ENERGY SOURCES
dc.subject	ENERGY SUBSIDIES
dc.subject	ENERGY USE
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
dc.subject	EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS
dc.subject	EXTREME EVENTS
dc.subject	EXTREME WEATHER
dc.subject	EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL CRISIS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL MARKETS
dc.subject	FLOODS
dc.subject	FOREST
dc.subject	FOREST CARBON
dc.subject	FOREST CONSERVATION
dc.subject	FOREST DEGRADATION
dc.subject	FORESTRY
dc.subject	FORESTS
dc.subject	FOSSIL FUEL
dc.subject	FOSSIL FUEL BURNING
dc.subject	FOSSIL FUELS
dc.subject	FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	GAS TURBINE
dc.subject	GASOLINE PRICES
dc.subject	GENERATION MIX
dc.subject	GHG
dc.subject	GHGS
dc.subject	GLACIERS
dc.subject	GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	GLOBAL EMISSIONS
dc.subject	GLOBAL GREENHOUSE
dc.subject	GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS
dc.subject	GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
dc.subject	GLOBAL WARMING
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE EFFECT
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENT
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENT COST
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS PER CAPITA
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GASES
dc.subject	HURRICANE
dc.subject	HURRICANE SEASON
dc.subject	HURRICANES
dc.subject	ICE SHEETS
dc.subject	IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	IMPERFECT INFORMATION
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES
dc.subject	INSURANCE
dc.subject	INSURANCE MECHANISMS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
dc.subject	INVESTMENTS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY
dc.subject	IPCC
dc.subject	LANDFILL
dc.subject	LANDFILL GAS
dc.subject	LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
dc.subject	LNG
dc.subject	LOW-CARBON
dc.subject	LOWER COSTS
dc.subject	MAJOR HURRICANES
dc.subject	MARGINAL ABATEMENT
dc.subject	MARGINAL ABATEMENT COST
dc.subject	MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
dc.subject	MARKET FAILURES
dc.subject	METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH
dc.subject	METHANE
dc.subject	MITIGATION POTENTIAL
dc.subject	MONETARY FUND
dc.subject	MONETARY INCENTIVES
dc.subject	N2O
dc.subject	NATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subject	NEGATIVE IMPACT
dc.subject	NEGATIVE IMPACTS
dc.subject	NITROUS OXIDE
dc.subject	OCEANS
dc.subject	OIL
dc.subject	OIL EQUIVALENT
dc.subject	OIL PRICES
dc.subject	POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject	PORTFOLIO
dc.subject	POWER SECTOR
dc.subject	PRECIPITATION
dc.subject	PRICE VOLATILITY
dc.subject	PRIMARY ENERGY
dc.subject	PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS
dc.subject	PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE
dc.subject	RADIATION
dc.subject	RAIN
dc.subject	RAINFALL
dc.subject	RELATIVE PRICE
dc.subject	RENEWABLE ENERGY
dc.subject	RENEWABLE RESOURCES
dc.subject	SEA LEVEL RISE
dc.subject	SEA LEVELS
dc.subject	SOCIAL COST OF CARBON
dc.subject	STORMS
dc.subject	SUBSTITUTION
dc.subject	SURFACE TEMPERATURE
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	TAX RATES
dc.subject	TOTAL EMISSIONS
dc.subject	TRADE SYSTEM
dc.subject	TRANSPORT SECTOR
dc.subject	TROPICAL CYCLONES
dc.subject	TROPICS
dc.subject	UNCERTAINTIES
dc.subject	UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
dc.subject	UTILITIES
dc.subject	VEHICLE EMISSIONS
dc.subject	WASTE
dc.subject	WATER VAPOR
dc.subject	WEATHER INSURANCE
dc.subject	WIND
dc.subject	WIND POWER
dc.title	Low-Carbon Development : Latin American Responses to Climate Change
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.coverage	Latin America & Caribbean
dc.coverage	Caribbean
dc.coverage	Latin America