Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean

Indigenous peoples across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) already perceive and experience negative effects of climate change and variability. Although the overall economic impact of climate change on gross domestic product (GDP) is significan...

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Main Authors:	Verner, Dorte, Kronik, Jakob
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	AIR AIR TEMPERATURES AMAZON FOREST AMAZONIAN FOREST ARMED CONFLICT ATLANTIC FOREST ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURES AWARENESS OF CLIMATE CHANGE BASES BIODIVERSITY CALCULATION CANCER CARBOHYDRATES CARBON CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE CONSEQUENCES CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE SCIENCE CLIMATE TRENDS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE-CHANGE CLIMATE-CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE-CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATIC CHANGE CLIMATIC CHANGES CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CLIMATIC EXTREMES CLIMATIC VARIABILITY CLIMATIC VARIATION CLOUD COVER COLORS COMMERCIAL FISHING CONSERVATION AREAS CONVERGENCE CORAL REEFS CULTURAL CHANGE CULTURAL PRACTICES DESERTIFICATION DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE DISEASES DISSEMINATION DRINKING WATER DROUGHT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMIC RESOURCES ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ELDERLY EMISSION EMISSION SCENARIOS EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION EMISSIONS SCENARIOS ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ETHNIC GROUPS EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME POVERTY FISH MIGRATION FLOODS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOREST CONSERVATION FOREST COVER FOREST FLOOR FOREST FRAGMENTATION FOREST LANDS FOREST RESOURCES FORESTRY FORESTS FORMAL EDUCATION FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE GHGS GLACIER RETREAT GLACIERS GLOBAL AVERAGE SURFACE WARMING GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GOLD GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT POLICIES GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH PROBLEMS HEAVY RAINS HIGH TEMPERATURES HUMAN ACTIVITY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN HEALTH HUMAN POTENTIAL HUMIDITY HURRICANES ILLNESSES IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INEQUALITY INDIGENOUS GROUPS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE IPCC ITCZ LACK OF CAPACITY LAKES LAND DEGRADATION LAND PRODUCTIVITY LEGAL STATUS LIFESTYLES MARKET ECONOMY MENSTRUATION METEOROLOGICAL DATA MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MOTHER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE IMPACTS NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE NUTRITION OZONE OZONE DEPLETION PERSONAL COMMUNICATION PH POLAR REGIONS POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL UNREST POOR HEALTH POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION SIZE PRECIPITATION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC POLICY QUALITY OF LIFE RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL PATTERNS RAINY SEASON RAINY SEASONS REGIONAL CLIMATE REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE RESPECT RURAL AREAS SCARCITY OF WATER SEA LEVEL SEA LEVEL RISE SEA-LEVEL SEA-LEVEL RISE SEASON SEASONAL PRECIPITATION SEVERE STORMS SMALLHOLDERS SMOKE SOCIAL CHANGES SOCIAL CONDITIONS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL DIMENSIONS SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE SOCIAL IMPACT SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIETAL LEVEL STORM SURGES STORMS SURFACE TEMPERATURE SURFACE TEMPERATURES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TEMPERATURE INCREASE TEMPERATURES THUNDERSTORMS TREE SPECIES TROPICAL FOREST TROPICAL FORESTS TROPICAL GLACIER UNEP URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATIONS VITAMINS VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABLE GROUPS WARMER AIR WATER RESOURCES WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER PATTERNS
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Summary:	Indigenous peoples across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) already perceive and experience negative effects of climate change and variability. Although the overall economic impact of climate change on gross domestic product (GDP) is significant, what is particularly problematic is that it falls disproportionately on the poor including indigenous peoples, who constitute about 6.5 percent of the population in the region and are among its poorest and most vulnerable (Hall and Patrinos 2006). This book examines the social implications of climate change and climatic variability for indigenous communities in LAC and the options for improving their resilience and adaptability to these phenomena. By social implications, the authors mean direct and indirect effects in the broad sense of the word social, including factors contributing to human well-being, health, livelihoods, human agency, social organization, and social justice. This book, much of which relies on new empirical research, addresses specifically the situation of indigenous communities because our research showed them to be among the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. A companion book (Verner 2010) provides information on the broader social dimensions of climate change in LAC and on policy options for addressing them. This book will help to place these impacts higher on the climate-change agenda and guide efforts to enhance indigenous peoples' rights and opportunities, whether by governments, indigenous peoples' organizations and their leaders, or non-state representatives.

Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean

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