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La economía del cambio climático en América Latina y el Caribe: paradojas y desafíos del desarrollo sostenible

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En los últimos años, América Latina y el Caribe muestra un crecimiento económico importante que ha derivado en una mejora de las condiciones económicas y sociales. Sin embargo, ello ha tenido también efectos colaterales negativos, tales como una mayor contaminación atmosférica en las áreas urbanas y un deterioro importante de diversos activos naturales, como los recursos no renovables, el agua y los bosques. Además, se observan economías y sociedades con una alta vulnerabilidad ante cualquier tipo de impactos adversos, tales como los efectos climáticos, y con una matriz productiva y de consumo aún proclive a presentar altos niveles de emisiones de carbono. Ese conjunto de factores llega al punto de erosionar las propias bases de sustentación del actual dinamismo económico. América Latina y el Caribe deberá transitar en los próximos años hacia un desarrollo sostenible que preserve para las generaciones futuras los activos económicos, sociales y naturales. Esa meta deberá lograrse en el marco de un crecimiento económico con mayor igualdad e inclusión social, en una senda de crecimiento con bajas emisiones de carbono. En ese sentido, el desafío del cambio climático es también el desafío del desarrollo sostenible, y su solución requiere alcanzar un acuerdo global en que se reconozcan las asimetrías y paradojas del problema.

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  • -, 2015. "La economía del cambio climático en América Latina y el Caribe: paradojas y desafíos del desarrollo sostenible," Libros y Documentos Institucionales, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), number 37310 edited by Cepal, September.
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