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...

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Main Author:	Vergara, Walter
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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
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