Assessing the Potential Consequences of Climate Destabilization in Latin America

Estimating the potential costs of climate destabilization is not a trivial matter. Potential climate impacts have multiple consequences, some of which can be monetized while others are beyond the reach of standard economic tools. A full assessment of the implications of climate impacts often cannot be completed because many of the consequences are only partly known. This report summarizes data recently made available, through the portfolio of adaptation activities in the region, on some of the damages induced by climate destabilization. These include impacts from hurricane intensification, glacier retreat, and increased exposure to tropical vector diseases, coral bleaching, and composite costs of climate change in the particularly vulnerable Caribbean Basin. Other costs are becoming evident but they still cannot be estimated. Most worrisome among these are the potential implications from Amazon dieback which, if realized, will drastically affect the water cycle in the region as well as environmental services essential to economic activity in the region, with wider global implications. The report refers to destabilization in the title as recognition, that the region is now facing impacts from major, destabilizing changes in its climate.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Vergara, Walter
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2009-01
Subjects:	ABRUPT CLIMATE, ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE, ACCESS TO INSURANCE, AEROSOL POLLUTION, AGRICULTURE, ALLOCATION, ALTITUDE, AMAZON RAINFOREST, ANNUAL COST, ANNUAL COSTS, ANNUAL LOSS, ANOMALIES, ANOMALY, ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE IMPACTS, ATMOSPHERE, ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION, BASINS, BEACH, BEACHES, BIODIVERSITY, BIOMASS, BIOSPHERE, CA, CARBON, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS, CARBON SINKS, CARBONATES, CL, CLIMATE, CLIMATE ACTION, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO, CLIMATE CHANGES, CLIMATE DISASTERS, CLIMATE IMPACTS, CLIMATE MODEL, CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS, CLIMATE MODELS, CLIMATE SIGNALS, CLIMATE SYSTEM, CLIMATE VARIABILITY, CLIMATE-RELATED DISASTERS, CLIMATIC CHANGES, CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, CLOUDS, CO2, COAST, COAST WETLANDS, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL PROTECTION, COASTAL REGION, COASTAL SYSTEMS, COASTAL WETLANDS, COASTAL ZONES, COASTS, COLORS, COMMERCIAL FISHING, CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, CONSERVATION, CORAL, CORAL COVER, CORAL REEFS, CORALS, COST ESTIMATES, COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, CROP PRODUCTION, CROPS, CUMULATIVE LOSS, CYCLONE ACTIVITY, CYCLONE INTENSITY, CYCLONE TRACKS, DAMAGES, DATA SOURCES, DEFORESTATION, DESERTIFICATION, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DEW, DROUGHT, ECOLOGY, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC DATA, ECONOMIC IMPACT, ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ECONOMIC IMPACTS, ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE, ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ECOSYSTEM, ECOSYSTEMS, ELECTRICITY, EMISSION, EMISSION SCENARIOS, EMISSIONS, EMISSIONS SCENARIOS, ENDEMIC SPECIES, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS, ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, EROSION, EXTINCTION RISK FROM CLIMATE CHANGE, EXTREME WEATHER, FAUNA, FINANCIAL CAPITAL, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FINANCIAL TERMS, FISH, FISHERIES, FLOOD CONTROL, FLOOD DAMAGE, FLOODING, FLOODS, FLORA, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, FOREST DIEBACK, FOREST ECOSYSTEM, FORESTS, GLACIER RETREAT, GLACIERS, GLOBAL CLIMATE, GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL, GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEM, GLOBAL WARMING, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GASES, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER TABLES, GULF, HABITATS, HIGH-RESOLUTION CLIMATE, HOUSING, HURRICANE, HURRICANE CENTER, HURRICANE DAMAGE, HURRICANE FREQUENCY, HURRICANE INTENSITY, HURRICANE RISK, HURRICANES, HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE, HYDROLOGICAL REGIME, HYDROMETEOROLOGY, ICE, ICE COVER, IMPACT OF CLIMATE, IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE, IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, IMPACTS OF HURRICANES, INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE, INSURANCE, INTEREST RATE, IPCC, LAND USE, MAJOR HURRICANES, MANGROVE, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARINE SPECIES, MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES, METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH, MITIGATION, MOUNTAINS, NUTRIENTS, OYSTERS, PAINTS, PHOTOSYNTHESIS, PLAINS, PLANT LIFE, POLLUTANTS, PORTFOLIO, POWER GENERATION, POWER SUPPLY, PP, PRECIPITATION, PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES, PRESENT COST, QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS, RAIN, RAINFALL, RANGES, REEF, REGIONAL CLIMATE, REGIONAL CLIMATE PROJECTIONS, RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, RISK MANAGEMENT, RIVER, SEA, SEA LEVEL, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA LEVEL RISES, SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE, SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES, SEAS, SEASON, SEDIMENTS, SENSITIVITY ANALYSES, SHRIMP, SINK, SST, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGES, STORMS, SURFACE TEMPERATURE, SURFACE TEMPERATURES, TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURE CHANGES, TEMPERATURE INCREASE, TEMPERATURE INCREASES, TEMPERATURE RANGE, TEMPERATURE RECORD, TEMPERATURE RESPONSE, TEMPERATURE RISE, TEMPERATURES, TROPICAL CYCLONE, TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY, TROPICAL CYCLONES, TROPICAL DEFORESTATION, TROPICAL RAINFORESTS, TROPICAL STORM, TROPICS, TROPOSPHERE, UNCERTAINTIES, VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE IMPACTS, WATER CYCLE, WATER QUALITY, WATER VAPOR, WAVES, WEATHER PATTERNS, WETLAND, WETLANDS, WILDLIFE, WIND, WIND DAMAGE, WIND SPEED, WIND SPEEDS, WINDS, WORST-CASE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/01/19943297/assessing-potential-consequences-climate-destabilization-latin-america http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20194
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