Guatemala - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture
This country note briefly summarizes information relevant to both climate change and agriculture in Guatemala, with focus on policy developments (including action plans and programs) and institutional make-up. Like most countries in Latin America,...
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ABSORPTION AFFORESTATION AFFORESTATION ACTIVITIES AFFORESTATION EFFORTS AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE AREA UNDER IRRIGATION BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION CALCULATION CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON SEQUESTRATION CAPACITY CARBON STOCKS CARBON TRADING CH4 CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE SCENARIOS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATIC CHANGES CO2 COMMERCIALIZATION COMMUNITY FOREST COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT CULTIVATED LAND CULTIVATION DAMAGES DEFORESTATION DEFORESTATION ACTIVITIES DEFORESTATION RATE DISASTER PREVENTION DROUGHT DROUGHTS ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC INDICATORS EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION POTENTIAL EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION EMISSIONS INVENTORIES EMISSIONS OF METHANE ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FEASIBILITY FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FLOODS FOREST FOREST CONSERVATION FOREST COVER FOREST FIRES FOREST INSTITUTE FOREST INVENTORIES FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST RESOURCES FORESTRY FORESTRY PROJECTS FORESTRY SECTOR FORESTS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FRESH WATER GAS EMISSIONS GASES GHG GLOBAL CARBON EMISSIONS GLOBAL WARMING GREEN HOUSE GAS HURRICANE HURRICANES INSURANCE INSURANCE COMPANIES INSURANCE COMPANY INSURANCE CONTRACTS INSURANCE COVERAGE INSURANCE INSTRUMENTS INSURANCE MECHANISMS INSURANCE PREMIUMS INSURANCE SECTOR JOBS LAND DEGRADATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LAND-USE LAND-USE CHANGE LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS N2O NATURAL FORESTS NATURAL REGENERATION NATURAL RESOURCES NITROGEN NITROUS OXIDE NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS PASTURE POLICY RESPONSE PORTFOLIO PRECIPITATION PRODUCERS REDUCING EMISSIONS REFORESTATION REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE RIVER RIVER BASIN RURAL COMMUNITIES SEA SOIL SOIL CARBON SOIL DEGRADATION STORMS SUBTROPICAL MOIST FOREST SUGAR CANE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE FOREST SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE USE TEMPERATURE TOTAL EMISSIONS TOTAL NITROGEN OXIDES TREES VULNERABILITY INDICATORS WATER RESOURCES WEATHER EXTREMES |
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ABSORPTION AFFORESTATION AFFORESTATION ACTIVITIES AFFORESTATION EFFORTS AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE AREA UNDER IRRIGATION BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION CALCULATION CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON SEQUESTRATION CAPACITY CARBON STOCKS CARBON TRADING CH4 CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE SCENARIOS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATIC CHANGES CO2 COMMERCIALIZATION COMMUNITY FOREST COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT CULTIVATED LAND CULTIVATION DAMAGES DEFORESTATION DEFORESTATION ACTIVITIES DEFORESTATION RATE DISASTER PREVENTION DROUGHT DROUGHTS ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC INDICATORS EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION POTENTIAL EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION EMISSIONS INVENTORIES EMISSIONS OF METHANE ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FEASIBILITY FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FLOODS FOREST FOREST CONSERVATION FOREST COVER FOREST FIRES FOREST INSTITUTE FOREST INVENTORIES FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST RESOURCES FORESTRY FORESTRY PROJECTS FORESTRY SECTOR FORESTS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FRESH WATER GAS EMISSIONS GASES GHG GLOBAL CARBON EMISSIONS GLOBAL WARMING GREEN HOUSE GAS HURRICANE HURRICANES INSURANCE INSURANCE COMPANIES INSURANCE COMPANY INSURANCE CONTRACTS INSURANCE COVERAGE INSURANCE INSTRUMENTS INSURANCE MECHANISMS INSURANCE PREMIUMS INSURANCE SECTOR JOBS LAND DEGRADATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LAND-USE LAND-USE CHANGE LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS N2O NATURAL FORESTS NATURAL REGENERATION NATURAL RESOURCES NITROGEN NITROUS OXIDE NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS PASTURE POLICY RESPONSE PORTFOLIO PRECIPITATION PRODUCERS REDUCING EMISSIONS REFORESTATION REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE RIVER RIVER BASIN RURAL COMMUNITIES SEA SOIL SOIL CARBON SOIL DEGRADATION STORMS SUBTROPICAL MOIST FOREST SUGAR CANE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE FOREST SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE USE TEMPERATURE TOTAL EMISSIONS TOTAL NITROGEN OXIDES TREES VULNERABILITY INDICATORS WATER RESOURCES WEATHER EXTREMES World Bank Guatemala - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture |
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Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture |
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This country note briefly summarizes
information relevant to both climate change and agriculture
in Guatemala, with focus on policy developments (including
action plans and programs) and institutional make-up. Like
most countries in Latin America, Guatemala has submitted one
national communication to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Land use change and
forestry are by far the largest contributors to greenhouse
gases (GHG) emissions in the country. The emission reduction
potential of the sector is large, but not sufficiently
explored. Guatemala counts with eight CDM projects, one of
which is in the agricultural sector. It is estimated that
Central America produces less than 0.5 percent of global
carbon emissions, but it is one the most vulnerable regions
to climate change related impacts on the planet. Agriculture
is highly vulnerable to climate variability and weather
extremes, this coupled with problems of land degradation in
the country. A greater emphasis on reducing soil
degradation, reforestation and developing and applying
adequate insurance mechanisms can be placed for better
management of public resources in light of natural disasters
in the agriculture sector. |
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Guatemala - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture |
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Guatemala - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture |
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Guatemala - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture |
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Guatemala - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture |
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Guatemala - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture |
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guatemala - country note on climate change aspects in agriculture |
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Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/12/12064030/guatemala-country-note-climate-change-aspects-agriculture http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9475 |
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okr-10986-94752021-04-23T14:02:45Z Guatemala - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture World Bank ABSORPTION AFFORESTATION AFFORESTATION ACTIVITIES AFFORESTATION EFFORTS AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE AREA UNDER IRRIGATION BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION CALCULATION CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON SEQUESTRATION CAPACITY CARBON STOCKS CARBON TRADING CH4 CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE SCENARIOS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATIC CHANGES CO2 COMMERCIALIZATION COMMUNITY FOREST COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT CULTIVATED LAND CULTIVATION DAMAGES DEFORESTATION DEFORESTATION ACTIVITIES DEFORESTATION RATE DISASTER PREVENTION DROUGHT DROUGHTS ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC INDICATORS EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION POTENTIAL EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION EMISSIONS INVENTORIES EMISSIONS OF METHANE ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FEASIBILITY FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FLOODS FOREST FOREST CONSERVATION FOREST COVER FOREST FIRES FOREST INSTITUTE FOREST INVENTORIES FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST RESOURCES FORESTRY FORESTRY PROJECTS FORESTRY SECTOR FORESTS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FRESH WATER GAS EMISSIONS GASES GHG GLOBAL CARBON EMISSIONS GLOBAL WARMING GREEN HOUSE GAS HURRICANE HURRICANES INSURANCE INSURANCE COMPANIES INSURANCE COMPANY INSURANCE CONTRACTS INSURANCE COVERAGE INSURANCE INSTRUMENTS INSURANCE MECHANISMS INSURANCE PREMIUMS INSURANCE SECTOR JOBS LAND DEGRADATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LAND-USE LAND-USE CHANGE LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS N2O NATURAL FORESTS NATURAL REGENERATION NATURAL RESOURCES NITROGEN NITROUS OXIDE NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS PASTURE POLICY RESPONSE PORTFOLIO PRECIPITATION PRODUCERS REDUCING EMISSIONS REFORESTATION REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE RIVER RIVER BASIN RURAL COMMUNITIES SEA SOIL SOIL CARBON SOIL DEGRADATION STORMS SUBTROPICAL MOIST FOREST SUGAR CANE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE FOREST SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE USE TEMPERATURE TOTAL EMISSIONS TOTAL NITROGEN OXIDES TREES VULNERABILITY INDICATORS WATER RESOURCES WEATHER EXTREMES This country note briefly summarizes information relevant to both climate change and agriculture in Guatemala, with focus on policy developments (including action plans and programs) and institutional make-up. Like most countries in Latin America, Guatemala has submitted one national communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Land use change and forestry are by far the largest contributors to greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions in the country. The emission reduction potential of the sector is large, but not sufficiently explored. Guatemala counts with eight CDM projects, one of which is in the agricultural sector. It is estimated that Central America produces less than 0.5 percent of global carbon emissions, but it is one the most vulnerable regions to climate change related impacts on the planet. Agriculture is highly vulnerable to climate variability and weather extremes, this coupled with problems of land degradation in the country. A greater emphasis on reducing soil degradation, reforestation and developing and applying adequate insurance mechanisms can be placed for better management of public resources in light of natural disasters in the agriculture sector. 2012-08-13T08:42:08Z 2012-08-13T08:42:08Z 2009-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/12/12064030/guatemala-country-note-climate-change-aspects-agriculture http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9475 English Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Guatemala |