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....

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Main Author:	Verner, Dorte
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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
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spelling	okr-10986-100842021-04-23T14:02:48Z Social Implications of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean Verner, Dorte 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 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. 2012-08-13T10:22:25Z 2012-08-13T10:22:25Z 2011-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/07/14608054/social-implications-climate-change-latin-america-caribbean http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10084 English Economic Premise; No. 61 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Verner, Dorte Social Implications of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean
geographic_facet	Latin America & Caribbean
relation	Economic Premise; No. 61
description	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.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Verner, Dorte
author_facet	Verner, Dorte
author_sort	Verner, Dorte
title	Social Implications of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_short	Social Implications of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_full	Social Implications of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_fullStr	Social Implications of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_full_unstemmed	Social Implications of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_sort	social implications of climate change in latin america and the caribbean
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	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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Social Implications of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean

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