Low carbon, high growth : Latin American responses to climate change : an overview /

"There is an increasing consensus in the scientific community that climate change is a real and present threat. Despite the large uncertainty on the timing, magnitude and even the direction of some of the physical and economic effects of this phenomenon, it is widely accepted that these effects...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Torre, Augusto de la
Otros Autores: Fajnzylber, Pablo, Nash, John, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2009.
Colección:World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies.
Temas:
Climatic changes > Latin America.
Climatic changes > Caribbean Area.
Greenhouse gas mitigation > Government policy > Latin America.
Greenhouse gas mitigation > Government policy > Caribbean Area.
Climat > Changements > Amérique latine.
Climat > Changements > Caraïbes (Région)
Gaz à effet de serre > Réduction > Politique gouvernementale > Amérique latine.
Gaz à effet de serre > Réduction > Politique gouvernementale > Caraïbes (Région)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control.
Climatic changes
Climatology
Greenhouse gas mitigation > Government policy
Klimaänderung
Klimaveränderung.
Klimaschutz.
Lateinamerika.
Latin America > Climate.
Caribbean Area > Climate.
Amérique latine > Climat.
Caraïbes (Région) > Climat.
Caribbean Area
Latin America
Lateinamerika
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Climate change impacts in Latin America and the Caribbean
  • The need for a coordinated, effective, efficient, and equitable global response
  • LAC's potential contribution to global mitigation efforts
  • Policies for a high-growth, low-carbon future
  • Summary and conclusions.

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