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

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.&q...

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Main Authors:	de la Torre, Augusto, Fajnzylber, Pablo, Nash, John
Format:	Energy-Environment Review
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
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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Summary:	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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