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

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).

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Main Authors:	Fajnzylber, Pablo, de la Torre, Augusto, Nash, John
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2009-01-01
Subjects:	ADVERSE EFFECTS, AFFORESTATION, AGRICULTURAL LAND, AGRICULTURE, AIR QUALITY, ALGAE, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, AMPHIBIANS, ANTARCTICA, ARABLE LAND, ARID REGIONS, ATMOSPHERE, ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION, BIODIVERSITY, BIOMASS, BIRDS, CARBON ENERGY, CARBON INTENSITY, CARBON TAXES, CATASTROPHIC EVENTS, CH4, CHANGES IN LAND USE, CLEAN ENERGY, CLIMATE ANALYSIS, CLIMATE CENTER, CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION POLICIES, CLIMATE FORECASTS, CLIMATE IMPACTS, CLIMATE MODELS, CLIMATE SENSITIVITY, CLIMATE SYSTEM, CLIMATIC CHANGES, CO2 EMISSIONS, COAL, COAST WETLANDS, COASTAL AREAS, COMMERCIAL FISHING, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, CONSERVATION, COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES, CROPS, CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS, DEFORESTATION, DESERTIFICATION, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DIFFERENCES IN EMISSIONS, DRINKING WATER, DROUGHT, DRY SEASON, ECOLOGY, ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC IMPACTS, ECONOMIC VALUE, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, ECOSYSTEM, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, EMISSION REDUCTION COMMITMENTS, EMISSION REDUCTIONS, EMISSIONS LEVELS, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY EMISSIONS, ENERGY INTENSITY, ENERGY PRICES, ENERGY SECURITY, ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, EQUILIBRIUM, FARMS, FISH, FISHERIES, FLOODING, FLOODS, FOREST FIRES, FORESTRY, FORESTS, FOSSIL FUELS, FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, GASOLINE PRICES, GDP, GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL, GENERATION CAPACITY, GHGS, GLACIERS, GLOBAL EMISSION, GLOBAL WARMING, GREENHOUSE EFFECT, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE GASES, HABITATS, HEAT WAVES, HFCS, HOUSING, HUMAN ACTIVITIES, HUMAN WELL-BEING, ICE SHEETS, IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, INCOME, INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY, IPCC, IRREVERSIBILITY, IRRIGATION, LAKES, LAND USE, LAND VALUE, LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY, MALARIA, MARGINAL BENEFITS, MARGINAL COST, MARGINAL COSTS, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARKET MECHANISM, METHANE, METHANE EMISSIONS, MITIGATION POTENTIAL, N2O, NATURAL DISASTERS, NATURAL GAS, NITROGEN FERTILIZERS, OIL PRICES, OPPORTUNITY COSTS, PER CAPITA ENERGY, PER CAPITA INCOME, PERFECT INFORMATION, PFCS, PLANT LIFE, POLICY MAKERS, POLLUTION, POWER GENERATION, PRECIPITATION, PRECIPITATION PATTERNS, PRESENT VALUE, PRIMARY ENERGY, PRODUCTIVITY, PROGRAMS, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, RAINFALL, RANGES, RECYCLING, REDUCING EMISSIONS, REFORESTATION, RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, RENEWABLE RESOURCES, RESERVOIRS, RESIDUAL DAMAGES, RISING SEA LEVELS, RISK MANAGEMENT, RIVER, RUNOFF, SALINITY, SAVINGS, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEASONAL PATTERN, SOCIAL COSTS, SOIL, SPECIES, STORMS, SURFACE AREA, SURFACE TEMPERATURE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, TECHNOLOGICAL OPTIONS, TEMPERATURE, TRADEOFFS, TROPICAL CYCLONES, TROPICAL FORESTS, UTILITIES, VEGETATION, WAGES, WASTE, WASTE DISPOSAL, WASTE MANAGEMENT, WATERFOWL, WATERSHEDS, WETLANDS, WILDLIFE, WILLINGNESS TO PAY, WIND POWER, AMAZON RAINFOREST, AMAZONIAN RAINFOREST, CARBON ECONOMY, CARBON MARKET, CARBON TECHNOLOGIES, CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE ANALYSIS INDICATORS, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION, CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO, CLIMATE TRENDS, CLIMATE-RELATED DISASTERS, CLOUD BASE, CORAL REEFS, COST ESTIMATES, DAMAGE FROM HURRICANES, DISCOUNT RATE, ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ECONOMIC RECOVERY, ECONOMIC SECTORS, ECOSYSTEMS, EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, EMISSION GROWTH, EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS, EMISSION SCENARIOS, EMISSION TRAJECTORIES, EMISSIONS FROM LAND USE CHANGE, EMISSIONS SCENARIOS, ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION, EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS, EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, FINANCIAL COSTS, FINANCIAL CRISIS,
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