Low carbon, high growth : Latin American responses to climate change - an overview (Vol. 1 of 2) (English)

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...

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De La Torre,Augusto;

Fajnzylber,Pablo;

Nash,John D.;
Document Date
2009/01/01
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
47604
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
2 (See all volumes)
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Latin America,
Disclosure Date
2009/04/02
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Low carbon, high growth : Latin American responses to climate change - an overview
Keywords
effect of climate change

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De La Torre,Augusto; Fajnzylber,Pablo; Nash,John D..

Low carbon, high growth : Latin American responses to climate change - an overview (Vol. 1 of 2) (English). World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/713951468045039226

Low carbon, high growth : Latin American responses to climate change - an overview (Vol. 1 of 2) (English)

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