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." Global surface temperatures, in particular, hav...

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Main Authors: Fajnzylber, Pablo, de la Torre, Augusto, Nash, John
Language:English
Published: World Bank 2009
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
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3022
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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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