Low-Carbon Development Latin American Responses to Climate Change

• Main Authors: de la Torre, Augusto, Fajnzylber, Pablo, Nash, John
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago World Bank 2010; World Bank Publications; The World Bank
• Edition: 1
• Series: Latin America and Caribbean Studies
• Subjects: 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; 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 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; Environmentalism; 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; Latin America; 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; Caribbean; Latin America & Caribbean; Latin America; COLORS; DEFORESTATION; GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS; TRANSPORT SECTOR; EMISSIONS; DROUGHT; GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; FORESTS; CARBON DIOXIDE MITIGATION; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; EMISSION REDUCTIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION; ELECTRICITY; CLIMATE; LOW-CARBON
• ISBN: 9780821380543; 0821380540
• DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-8054-3

Governments and civil society in Latin America and the Caribbean should be well informed about the potential costs and benefits of combating climate change, their policy options over the next decades, and the global context for these policy decisions. At the same time, the global community needs to be better informed about the unique perspective of the Latin American and Caribbean region: problems the region will face, its potential contributions toward combating global warming, and how to maximize this potential while continuing to maintain growth and reduce poverty. This book, a companion volume to Low Carbon, High Growth: Latin American Responses to Climate Change, seeks to help fill both these needs.