Low-Carbon Development : Latin American Responses to Climate Change
Climate change is already a reality. This is evidenced by the acceleration of global temperature increases, the melting of ice and snow covers, and rising sea levels. Latin America and the Caribbean region (LCR) are not exempt from these trends, as...
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AFFORESTATION ALLOWANCES ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AMOUNT OF EMISSIONS ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS AUCTION BIOMASS CAPITAL STOCKS CAPS CARBON CAPTURE CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE MITIGATION CARBON ECONOMY CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION CARBON ENERGY CARBON ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES CARBON FINANCE CARBON INTENSITY CARBON PRICE CARBON PRICES CARBON TAX CARBON TAXES CARBON TECHNOLOGIES CATASTROPHIC DAMAGES CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONS CH4 CHANGES IN CLIMATE CLEAN ENERGY CLEANER ENERGY CLIMATE CLIMATE ANALYSIS INDICATORS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE DAMAGES CLIMATE SENSITIVITY CLIMATE STABILIZATION CLIMATE SYSTEM CLIMATIC CHANGES CO CO2 COAL COLORS CONVERGENCE CORAL REEFS COST-BENEFIT COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS DAMAGES DEFORESTATION DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT DIESEL DIFFUSION DISASTER PREVENTION DROUGHT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMIC IMPACTS ECONOMIC RECOVERY ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEMS ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY COMPANY ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION ELECTRICITY GENERATION EMISSION EMISSION INTENSITY EMISSION LEVELS EMISSION PATHWAYS EMISSION PERMITS EMISSION PROFILE EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSION SCENARIOS EMISSION TRAJECTORIES EMISSION TRENDS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURE EMISSIONS FROM ELECTRICITY GENERATION EMISSIONS FROM LAND USE EMISSIONS FROM LAND USE CHANGE EMISSIONS FROM LAND-USE CHANGE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS ENERGY EMISSIONS ENERGY INTENSITY ENERGY MIX ENERGY POLICY ENERGY SAVINGS ENERGY SECURITY ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SUBSIDIES ENERGY USE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL MARKETS FLOODS FOREST FOREST CARBON FOREST CONSERVATION FOREST DEGRADATION FORESTRY FORESTS FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL BURNING FOSSIL FUELS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE GAS TURBINE GASOLINE PRICES GENERATION MIX GHG GHGS GLACIERS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL EMISSIONS GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE EFFECT GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENT GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENT COST GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS PER CAPITA GREENHOUSE GASES HURRICANE HURRICANE SEASON HURRICANES ICE SHEETS IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPERFECT INFORMATION INCOME INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES INSURANCE INSURANCE MECHANISMS INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY INVESTMENTS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY IPCC LANDFILL LANDFILL GAS LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS LNG LOW-CARBON LOWER COSTS MAJOR HURRICANES MARGINAL ABATEMENT MARGINAL ABATEMENT COST MARINE ECOSYSTEMS MARKET FAILURES METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH METHANE MITIGATION POTENTIAL MONETARY FUND MONETARY INCENTIVES N2O NATURAL DISASTERS NEGATIVE IMPACT NEGATIVE IMPACTS NITROUS OXIDE OCEANS OIL OIL EQUIVALENT OIL PRICES POLICY MAKERS PORTFOLIO POWER SECTOR PRECIPITATION PRICE VOLATILITY PRIMARY ENERGY PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE RADIATION RAIN RAINFALL RELATIVE PRICE RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE RESOURCES SEA LEVEL RISE SEA LEVELS SOCIAL COST OF CARBON STORMS SUBSTITUTION SURFACE TEMPERATURE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX RATES TOTAL EMISSIONS TRADE SYSTEM TRANSPORT SECTOR TROPICAL CYCLONES TROPICS UNCERTAINTIES UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES UTILITIES VEHICLE EMISSIONS WASTE WATER VAPOR WEATHER INSURANCE WIND WIND POWER |
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AFFORESTATION ALLOWANCES ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AMOUNT OF EMISSIONS ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS AUCTION BIOMASS CAPITAL STOCKS CAPS CARBON CAPTURE CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE MITIGATION CARBON ECONOMY CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION CARBON ENERGY CARBON ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES CARBON FINANCE CARBON INTENSITY CARBON PRICE CARBON PRICES CARBON TAX CARBON TAXES CARBON TECHNOLOGIES CATASTROPHIC DAMAGES CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONS CH4 CHANGES IN CLIMATE CLEAN ENERGY CLEANER ENERGY CLIMATE CLIMATE ANALYSIS INDICATORS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE DAMAGES CLIMATE SENSITIVITY CLIMATE STABILIZATION CLIMATE SYSTEM CLIMATIC CHANGES CO CO2 COAL COLORS CONVERGENCE CORAL REEFS COST-BENEFIT COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS DAMAGES DEFORESTATION DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT DIESEL DIFFUSION DISASTER PREVENTION DROUGHT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMIC IMPACTS ECONOMIC RECOVERY ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEMS ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY COMPANY ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION ELECTRICITY GENERATION EMISSION EMISSION INTENSITY EMISSION LEVELS EMISSION PATHWAYS EMISSION PERMITS EMISSION PROFILE EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSION SCENARIOS EMISSION TRAJECTORIES EMISSION TRENDS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURE EMISSIONS FROM ELECTRICITY GENERATION EMISSIONS FROM LAND USE EMISSIONS FROM LAND USE CHANGE EMISSIONS FROM LAND-USE CHANGE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS ENERGY EMISSIONS ENERGY INTENSITY ENERGY MIX ENERGY POLICY ENERGY SAVINGS ENERGY SECURITY ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SUBSIDIES ENERGY USE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL MARKETS FLOODS FOREST FOREST CARBON FOREST CONSERVATION FOREST DEGRADATION FORESTRY FORESTS FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL BURNING FOSSIL FUELS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE GAS TURBINE GASOLINE PRICES GENERATION MIX GHG GHGS GLACIERS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL EMISSIONS GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE EFFECT GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENT GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENT COST GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS PER CAPITA GREENHOUSE GASES HURRICANE HURRICANE SEASON HURRICANES ICE SHEETS IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPERFECT INFORMATION INCOME INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES INSURANCE INSURANCE MECHANISMS INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY INVESTMENTS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY IPCC LANDFILL LANDFILL GAS LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS LNG LOW-CARBON LOWER COSTS MAJOR HURRICANES MARGINAL ABATEMENT MARGINAL ABATEMENT COST MARINE ECOSYSTEMS MARKET FAILURES METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH METHANE MITIGATION POTENTIAL MONETARY FUND MONETARY INCENTIVES N2O NATURAL DISASTERS NEGATIVE IMPACT NEGATIVE IMPACTS NITROUS OXIDE OCEANS OIL OIL EQUIVALENT OIL PRICES POLICY MAKERS PORTFOLIO POWER SECTOR PRECIPITATION PRICE VOLATILITY PRIMARY ENERGY PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE RADIATION RAIN RAINFALL RELATIVE PRICE RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE RESOURCES SEA LEVEL RISE SEA LEVELS SOCIAL COST OF CARBON STORMS SUBSTITUTION SURFACE TEMPERATURE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX RATES TOTAL EMISSIONS TRADE SYSTEM TRANSPORT SECTOR TROPICAL CYCLONES TROPICS UNCERTAINTIES UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES UTILITIES VEHICLE EMISSIONS WASTE WATER VAPOR WEATHER INSURANCE WIND WIND POWER de la Torre, Augusto Fajnzylber, Pablo Nash, John Low-Carbon Development : Latin American Responses to Climate Change |
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Climate change is already a reality.
This is evidenced by the acceleration of global temperature
increases, the melting of ice and snow covers, and rising
sea levels. Latin America and the Caribbean region (LCR) are
not exempt from these trends, as illustrated by the changes
in precipitation patterns that are already being reported in
the region, as well as by observations of rising
temperatures, the rapid melting of Andean tropical glaciers,
and an increasing number of extreme weather events. The most
important force behind climate change is the rising
concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the earth's
atmosphere driven mainly by manmade emissions of carbon
dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases. Because of inertia
in the climate system, the planet is likely to continue
warming over the twenty-first century, and unless emissions
are significantly reduced, this process could accelerate,
with potentially very serious consequences for nature and
mankind. There is still, however, a high degree of
uncertainty regarding the specific drivers, timing, and
impact of global climate change, as well as about the costs
and efficacy of actions aimed at either mitigating it or
dealing with its physical and economic impacts. As a result,
it is very hard, at this point, to unambiguously determine
economically efficient emission pathways for which the
benefits of actions to mitigate climate change will exceed
the costs of those actions. Despite these problems and
uncertainties, there is increasing evidence suggesting that
urgent action is needed in order to alter current emission
trends so as to avoid reaching GHG concentration levels that
could trigger large and irreversible damages. Negotiations
are under way and are scheduled to be concluded in 2012 with
a new agreement on a way forward. At the same time,
individual countries are also considering how to respond in
their own domestic policy to the challenges of climate
change. LCR governments and civil society should be well
informed about the potential costs and benefits of climate
change and their options for decisions that will need to be
made over the next decades as well as the global context in
which these decisions must be taken. At the same time, the
global community needs to be better informed about the
unique perspective of the LCR, problems the region will
face, potential contributions the region can make to combat
global warming, and how to unlock the region's full
potential so as to enable it to maximize its contribution
while continuing to grow and reduce poverty. This report
seeks to help fill both these needs. |
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de la Torre, Augusto Fajnzylber, Pablo Nash, John |
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de la Torre, Augusto Fajnzylber, Pablo Nash, John |
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de la Torre, Augusto |
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Low-Carbon Development : Latin
American Responses to Climate Change |
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Low-Carbon Development : Latin
American Responses to Climate Change |
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Low-Carbon Development : Latin
American Responses to Climate Change |
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Low-Carbon Development : Latin
American Responses to Climate Change |
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Low-Carbon Development : Latin
American Responses to Climate Change |
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low-carbon development : latin
american responses to climate change |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-26792021-04-23T14:02:03Z Low-Carbon Development : Latin American Responses to Climate Change de la Torre, Augusto Fajnzylber, Pablo Nash, John AFFORESTATION ALLOWANCES ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AMOUNT OF EMISSIONS ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS AUCTION BIOMASS CAPITAL STOCKS CAPS CARBON CAPTURE CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE MITIGATION CARBON ECONOMY CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION CARBON ENERGY CARBON ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES CARBON FINANCE CARBON INTENSITY CARBON PRICE CARBON PRICES CARBON TAX CARBON TAXES CARBON TECHNOLOGIES CATASTROPHIC DAMAGES CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONS CH4 CHANGES IN CLIMATE CLEAN ENERGY CLEANER ENERGY CLIMATE CLIMATE ANALYSIS INDICATORS CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE DAMAGES CLIMATE SENSITIVITY CLIMATE STABILIZATION CLIMATE SYSTEM CLIMATIC CHANGES CO CO2 COAL COLORS CONVERGENCE CORAL REEFS COST-BENEFIT COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS DAMAGES DEFORESTATION DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT DIESEL DIFFUSION DISASTER PREVENTION DROUGHT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMIC IMPACTS ECONOMIC RECOVERY ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEMS ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY COMPANY ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION ELECTRICITY GENERATION EMISSION EMISSION INTENSITY EMISSION LEVELS EMISSION PATHWAYS EMISSION PERMITS EMISSION PROFILE EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSION SCENARIOS EMISSION TRAJECTORIES EMISSION TRENDS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURE EMISSIONS FROM ELECTRICITY GENERATION EMISSIONS FROM LAND USE EMISSIONS FROM LAND USE CHANGE EMISSIONS FROM LAND-USE CHANGE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS ENERGY EMISSIONS ENERGY INTENSITY ENERGY MIX ENERGY POLICY ENERGY SAVINGS ENERGY SECURITY ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SUBSIDIES ENERGY USE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL MARKETS FLOODS FOREST FOREST CARBON FOREST CONSERVATION FOREST DEGRADATION FORESTRY FORESTS FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL BURNING FOSSIL FUELS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE GAS TURBINE GASOLINE PRICES GENERATION MIX GHG GHGS GLACIERS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL EMISSIONS GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE EFFECT GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENT GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENT COST GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS PER CAPITA GREENHOUSE GASES HURRICANE HURRICANE SEASON HURRICANES ICE SHEETS IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPERFECT INFORMATION INCOME INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES INSURANCE INSURANCE MECHANISMS INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY INVESTMENTS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY IPCC LANDFILL LANDFILL GAS LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS LNG LOW-CARBON LOWER COSTS MAJOR HURRICANES MARGINAL ABATEMENT MARGINAL ABATEMENT COST MARINE ECOSYSTEMS MARKET FAILURES METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH METHANE MITIGATION POTENTIAL MONETARY FUND MONETARY INCENTIVES N2O NATURAL DISASTERS NEGATIVE IMPACT NEGATIVE IMPACTS NITROUS OXIDE OCEANS OIL OIL EQUIVALENT OIL PRICES POLICY MAKERS PORTFOLIO POWER SECTOR PRECIPITATION PRICE VOLATILITY PRIMARY ENERGY PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE RADIATION RAIN RAINFALL RELATIVE PRICE RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE RESOURCES SEA LEVEL RISE SEA LEVELS SOCIAL COST OF CARBON STORMS SUBSTITUTION SURFACE TEMPERATURE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX RATES TOTAL EMISSIONS TRADE SYSTEM TRANSPORT SECTOR TROPICAL CYCLONES TROPICS UNCERTAINTIES UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES UTILITIES VEHICLE EMISSIONS WASTE WATER VAPOR WEATHER INSURANCE WIND WIND POWER Climate change is already a reality. This is evidenced by the acceleration of global temperature increases, the melting of ice and snow covers, and rising sea levels. Latin America and the Caribbean region (LCR) are not exempt from these trends, as illustrated by the changes in precipitation patterns that are already being reported in the region, as well as by observations of rising temperatures, the rapid melting of Andean tropical glaciers, and an increasing number of extreme weather events. The most important force behind climate change is the rising concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the earth's atmosphere driven mainly by manmade emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases. Because of inertia in the climate system, the planet is likely to continue warming over the twenty-first century, and unless emissions are significantly reduced, this process could accelerate, with potentially very serious consequences for nature and mankind. There is still, however, a high degree of uncertainty regarding the specific drivers, timing, and impact of global climate change, as well as about the costs and efficacy of actions aimed at either mitigating it or dealing with its physical and economic impacts. As a result, it is very hard, at this point, to unambiguously determine economically efficient emission pathways for which the benefits of actions to mitigate climate change will exceed the costs of those actions. Despite these problems and uncertainties, there is increasing evidence suggesting that urgent action is needed in order to alter current emission trends so as to avoid reaching GHG concentration levels that could trigger large and irreversible damages. Negotiations are under way and are scheduled to be concluded in 2012 with a new agreement on a way forward. At the same time, individual countries are also considering how to respond in their own domestic policy to the challenges of climate change. LCR governments and civil society should be well informed about the potential costs and benefits of climate change and their options for decisions that will need to be made over the next decades as well as the global context in which these decisions must be taken. At the same time, the global community needs to be better informed about the unique perspective of the LCR, problems the region will face, potential contributions the region can make to combat global warming, and how to unlock the region's full potential so as to enable it to maximize its contribution while continuing to grow and reduce poverty. This report seeks to help fill both these needs. 2012-03-19T10:04:39Z 2012-03-19T10:04:39Z 2010 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20091027010753 978-0-8213-8054-3 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2679 English World Bank Latin American and Caribbean Studies CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Latin America & Caribbean Caribbean Latin America |