Low Carbon, High Growth : Latin American Responses to Climate Change - An Overview

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

dc.creator	de la Torre, Augusto
dc.creator	Fajnzylber, Pablo
dc.creator	Nash, John
dc.date	2012-03-19T17:22:27Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T17:22:27Z
dc.date	2009-01-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:45:42Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:45:42Z
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=000334955_20090227082022
dc.identifier	978-0-8213-7619-5
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3022
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/243366
dc.description	Based on analysis of recent data on the evolution of global temperatures, snow and ice covers, and sea level rise, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has recently declared that "warming of the climate system is unequivocal." Global surface temperatures, in particular, have increased during the past 50 years at twice the speed observed during the first half of the 20th century. The IPCC has also concluded that with 95 percent certainty the main drivers of the observed changes in the global climate have been anthropogenic increases in greenhouse gases (GHG). While the greenhouse effect is a natural process without which the planet would probably be too cold to support life, most of the increase in the overall concentration of GHGs observed since the industrial revolution has been the result of human activities, namely the burning of fossil fuels, changes in land use (conversion of forests into agricultural land), and agriculture (the use of nitrogen fertilizers and live stock related methane emissions).
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	ADVERSE EFFECTS
dc.subject	AFFORESTATION
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL LAND
dc.subject	AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	AIR QUALITY
dc.subject	ALGAE
dc.subject	ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
dc.subject	AMPHIBIANS
dc.subject	ANTARCTICA
dc.subject	ARABLE LAND
dc.subject	ARID REGIONS
dc.subject	ATMOSPHERE
dc.subject	ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION
dc.subject	BIODIVERSITY
dc.subject	BIOMASS
dc.subject	BIRDS
dc.subject	CARBON ENERGY
dc.subject	CARBON INTENSITY
dc.subject	CARBON TAXES
dc.subject	CATASTROPHIC EVENTS
dc.subject	CH4
dc.subject	CHANGES IN LAND USE
dc.subject	CLEAN ENERGY
dc.subject	CLIMATE ANALYSIS
dc.subject	CLIMATE CENTER
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION POLICIES
dc.subject	CLIMATE FORECASTS
dc.subject	CLIMATE IMPACTS
dc.subject	CLIMATE MODELS
dc.subject	CLIMATE SENSITIVITY
dc.subject	CLIMATE SYSTEM
dc.subject	CLIMATIC CHANGES
dc.subject	CO2 EMISSIONS
dc.subject	COAL
dc.subject	COAST WETLANDS
dc.subject	COASTAL AREAS
dc.subject	COMMERCIAL FISHING
dc.subject	COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subject	CONSERVATION
dc.subject	COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES
dc.subject	CROPS
dc.subject	CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS
dc.subject	DEFORESTATION
dc.subject	DESERTIFICATION
dc.subject	DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DIFFERENCES IN EMISSIONS
dc.subject	DRINKING WATER
dc.subject	DROUGHT
dc.subject	DRY SEASON
dc.subject	ECOLOGY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC IMPACTS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC VALUE
dc.subject	ECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subject	ECOSYSTEM
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
dc.subject	EMISSION REDUCTION COMMITMENTS
dc.subject	EMISSION REDUCTIONS
dc.subject	EMISSIONS LEVELS
dc.subject	ENERGY CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	ENERGY EFFICIENCY
dc.subject	ENERGY EMISSIONS
dc.subject	ENERGY INTENSITY
dc.subject	ENERGY PRICES
dc.subject	ENERGY SECURITY
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
dc.subject	EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subject	FARMS
dc.subject	FISH
dc.subject	FISHERIES
dc.subject	FLOODING
dc.subject	FLOODS
dc.subject	FOREST FIRES
dc.subject	FORESTRY
dc.subject	FORESTS
dc.subject	FOSSIL FUELS
dc.subject	FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	GASOLINE PRICES
dc.subject	GDP
dc.subject	GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
dc.subject	GENERATION CAPACITY
dc.subject	GHGS
dc.subject	GLACIERS
dc.subject	GLOBAL EMISSION
dc.subject	GLOBAL WARMING
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE EFFECT
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GASES
dc.subject	HABITATS
dc.subject	HEAT WAVES
dc.subject	HFCS
dc.subject	HOUSING
dc.subject	HUMAN ACTIVITIES
dc.subject	HUMAN WELL-BEING
dc.subject	ICE SHEETS
dc.subject	IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES
dc.subject	INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
dc.subject	IPCC
dc.subject	IRREVERSIBILITY
dc.subject	IRRIGATION
dc.subject	LAKES
dc.subject	LAND USE
dc.subject	LAND VALUE
dc.subject	LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY
dc.subject	MALARIA
dc.subject	MARGINAL BENEFITS
dc.subject	MARGINAL COST
dc.subject	MARGINAL COSTS
dc.subject	MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
dc.subject	MARKET MECHANISM
dc.subject	METHANE
dc.subject	METHANE EMISSIONS
dc.subject	MITIGATION POTENTIAL
dc.subject	N2O
dc.subject	NATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subject	NATURAL GAS
dc.subject	NITROGEN FERTILIZERS
dc.subject	OIL PRICES
dc.subject	OPPORTUNITY COSTS
dc.subject	PER CAPITA ENERGY
dc.subject	PER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subject	PERFECT INFORMATION
dc.subject	PFCS
dc.subject	PLANT LIFE
dc.subject	POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject	POLLUTION
dc.subject	POWER GENERATION
dc.subject	PRECIPITATION
dc.subject	PRECIPITATION PATTERNS
dc.subject	PRESENT VALUE
dc.subject	PRIMARY ENERGY
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	PROGRAMS
dc.subject	PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	RAINFALL
dc.subject	RANGES
dc.subject	RECYCLING
dc.subject	REDUCING EMISSIONS
dc.subject	REFORESTATION
dc.subject	RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
dc.subject	RENEWABLE RESOURCES
dc.subject	RESERVOIRS
dc.subject	RESIDUAL DAMAGES
dc.subject	RISING SEA LEVELS
dc.subject	RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	RIVER
dc.subject	RUNOFF
dc.subject	SALINITY
dc.subject	SAVINGS
dc.subject	SEA LEVEL RISE
dc.subject	SEASONAL PATTERN
dc.subject	SOCIAL COSTS
dc.subject	SOIL
dc.subject	SPECIES
dc.subject	STORMS
dc.subject	SURFACE AREA
dc.subject	SURFACE TEMPERATURE
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGICAL OPTIONS
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE
dc.subject	TRADEOFFS
dc.subject	TROPICAL CYCLONES
dc.subject	TROPICAL FORESTS
dc.subject	UTILITIES
dc.subject	VEGETATION
dc.subject	WAGES
dc.subject	WASTE
dc.subject	WASTE DISPOSAL
dc.subject	WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	WATERFOWL
dc.subject	WATERSHEDS
dc.subject	WETLANDS
dc.subject	WILDLIFE
dc.subject	WILLINGNESS TO PAY
dc.subject	WIND POWER
dc.subject
dc.subject	AMAZON RAINFOREST
dc.subject	AMAZONIAN RAINFOREST
dc.subject	CARBON ECONOMY
dc.subject	CARBON MARKET
dc.subject	CARBON TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subject	CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	CLIMATE ANALYSIS INDICATORS
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO
dc.subject	CLIMATE TRENDS
dc.subject	CLIMATE-RELATED DISASTERS
dc.subject	CLOUD BASE
dc.subject	CORAL REEFS
dc.subject	COST ESTIMATES
dc.subject	DAMAGE FROM HURRICANES
dc.subject	DISCOUNT RATE
dc.subject	ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	ECONOMIC RECOVERY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC SECTORS
dc.subject	ECOSYSTEMS
dc.subject	EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	EMISSION GROWTH
dc.subject	EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS
dc.subject	EMISSION SCENARIOS
dc.subject	EMISSION TRAJECTORIES
dc.subject	EMISSIONS FROM LAND USE CHANGE
dc.subject	EMISSIONS SCENARIOS
dc.subject	ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
dc.subject	EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS
dc.subject	EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL COSTS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL CRISIS
dc.title	Low Carbon, High Growth : Latin American Responses to Climate Change - An Overview
dc.type	Economic & Sector Work :: Energy-Environment Review
dc.coverage	Latin America & Caribbean