Social Implications of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean

Climate change is the defining development challenge of our time. More than a global environmental issue, climate change is also a threat to poverty reduction and economic growth and may unravel many of the development gains made in recent decades. Latin America and the Caribbean account for a relatively modest twelve percent of the world's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but communities across the region are already suffering adverse consequences from climate change and variability. As highlighted in 'Reducing Poverty, Protecting Livelihoods, and Building Assets in a Changing Climate (Verner 2010), climate change is likely to have unprecedented social, economic, environmental, and political repercussions.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Verner, Dorte
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2011-07
Subjects:	AIR, AMAZON FOREST, AMAZON REGION, AMAZONIAN FOREST, ANIMAL, ANIMAL SPECIES, ANNUAL PRECIPITATION, ASSESSMENT REPORT, ATMOSPHERE, BENEFITS, BIODIVERSITY, BIRDS, BUTTERFLIES, CAPACITY, CARBON, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON EQUIVALENT, CARIBBEAN REGION, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE INDICATORS, CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAM, CLIMATE EFFECTS, CLIMATE MODELS, CLIMATE TRENDS, CO, CO2, COASTAL ZONES, CONSUMPTION, COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, CORAL, CORAL REEFS, DEFORESTATION, DESERTIFICATION, DETERMINANTS, DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, DROUGHT, DRY AREAS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ECOSYSTEMS, EMISSIONS, EMISSIONS FROM ENERGY USE, ENERGY, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, EXTINCTION, EXTREME EVENTS, FAUNA, FISH, FISH STOCKS, FLOODS, FLORA, FOOD SECURITY, FOREST, FOREST FIRES, FROGS, GASES, GEOGRAPHICAL REGION, GHG, GLACIER RETREAT, GLACIERS, GLOBAL CLIMATE, GLOBAL EMISSIONS, GLOBAL WARMING, GRASSLAND, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, HUMAN ACTIVITY, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HURRICANES, ICE, IMPACTS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY, IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY, INCOME, INCOME INEQUALITY, INSURANCE, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, INTERNATIONAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, INVESTMENTS, IPCC, ISSUES, LACK OF EDUCATION, LAND DEGRADATION, LAND PRODUCTIVITY, LEAD, LESS, LIVESTOCK, LOW-LYING REGIONS, MAMMALS, MANGROVES, MEAN RAINFALL, MIGRATION, NATURAL RESOURCES, NEGATIVE IMPACTS, NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, NO, OZONE, OZONE DEPLETION, PLANT, PLANT GROWTH, POLICIES, POLICY, POLICY MAKERS, POOR HEALTH, POOR PEOPLE, POVERTY, POVERTY DATA, POVERTY REDUCTION, POWER GENERATION, PRECIPITATION, PRICE, QUALITY OF LIFE, QUALITY OF WATER, RAIN, RAINFALL, REGION, REGIONAL CLIMATE, REGIONAL LEVEL, REPTILES, SCIENCE, SEA LEVEL, SEA-LEVEL, SEA-LEVEL RISE, SEAL, SEASON, SEASONS, SEVERE HURRICANES, SEVERE WEATHER, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOUTHERN CONE, STORM SURGES, STORMS, SURFACE TEMPERATURES, TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURE CHANGES, TEMPERATURE INCREASE, TEMPERATURE INCREASES, TEMPERATURE LEVEL, TEMPERATURE RISE, TREE, TREE SPECIES, TROPICAL CYCLONES, TROPICAL FOREST, TROPICAL GLACIER, TROPICAL RAINFOREST, TURBULENCE, VALUE, VEGETATION, VULNERABLE PEOPLE, VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, WATER AVAILABILITY, WEATHER CONDITIONS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/07/14608054/social-implications-climate-change-latin-america-caribbean http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10084
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