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The Climate and Development Challenge for Latin America and the Caribbean: Options for Climate-Resilient, Low-Carbon Development

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  • Vergara, Walter
  • Rios, Ana R.
  • Galindo Paliza, Luis Miguel
  • Gutman, Pablo
  • Isbell, Paul
  • Suding, Paul Hugo
  • Samaniego, Joseluis

Abstract

This book is a joint effort lead by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in collaboration with the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) focused on the climate and development challenge for LAC. It deals with a matter that is bound to affect the likelihood of achieving sustainable progress in Latin America and the Caribbean. Indeed, climate change is already affecting the foundations on which Latin American societies rely for sustenance and welfare.

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  • Vergara, Walter & Rios, Ana R. & Galindo Paliza, Luis Miguel & Gutman, Pablo & Isbell, Paul & Suding, Paul Hugo & Samaniego, Joseluis, 2013. "The Climate and Development Challenge for Latin America and the Caribbean: Options for Climate-Resilient, Low-Carbon Development," IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank, number 456, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:idb:idbbks:456
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    Cited by:

    1. Michelle Scobie, 2018. "Accountability in climate change governance and Caribbean SIDS," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 20(2), pages 769-787, April.
    2. Ciarli, Tommaso & Savona, Maria, 2019. "Modelling the Evolution of Economic Structure and Climate Change: A Review," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 158(C), pages 51-64.
    3. Washburn, C. & Pablo-Romero, M., 2019. "Measures to promote renewable energies for electricity generation in Latin American countries," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 128(C), pages 212-222.
    4. Jos� Alberto Garibaldi, 2014. "The economics of boldness: equity, action, and hope," Climate Policy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(1), pages 82-101, January.
    5. Carlos Scheel & Eduardo Aguiñaga & Bernardo Bello, 2020. "Decoupling Economic Development from the Consumption of Finite Resources Using Circular Economy. A Model for Developing Countries," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-21, February.

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    Keywords

    climate change; mitigation; adaptation;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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