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Responding to Climate Change : An Action Plan for the World Bank in Latin America and the Caribbean

Climate change is a very serious environmental challenge that affects prospects for sustainable development. Since the Industrial Revolution, the mean surface temperature of Earth has increased an average of one degree Celsius per century mainly du...

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Main Author:	Vergara, Walter
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADAPTATION ACTIVITIES ADAPTATION FUND ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE AFFORESTATION AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS AIR QUALITY STANDARDS ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS ATMOSPHERE AVAILABILITY BIOMASS BIOMASS ENERGY BIOMASS ENERGY SYSTEMS BIOMASS FUELS CARBON CARBON EMISSION CARBON EMISSION REDUCTIONS CARBON FINANCE CARBON FINANCING CARBON FUND CARBON MARKET CARBON REDUCTION CARBON REVENUES CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON SINKS CARBON TRADE CARBON TRADING CARBONIZATION CATTLE RAISING CENTRAL AMERICA CH4 CHANGES IN LAND USE CLEAN DEVELOPMENT CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE CONVENTION CLIMATE SYSTEM CO2 CO2 EMISSIONS COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES CONSERVATION CORAL REEFS COST OF GAS DOMESTIC EMISSIONS ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEMS EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSION TRADING EMISSIONS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS ENERGY ALTERNATIVES ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES ENERGY INTENSIVE ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY SAVINGS ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FLOODING FOREST COVER FORESTRY FORESTS FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL PLANTS FOSSIL FUELS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FUEL GENERATION GENERATION CAPACITY GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY GHGS GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GASES HEAT HUMAN HEALTH HYDROPOWER IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE KYOTO PROTOCOL LAND USE MANAGEMENT LANDFILL LANDFILL GAS LANDFILL OPERATIONS MALARIA METHANE MITIGATION ACTIONS N2O NEGOTIATIONS NITROGEN NITROGEN OXIDES NOX PARTICULATE PARTICULATE MATTER PARTICULATES POLLUTANTS POWER POWER GENERATION POWER MIX POWER SECTOR POWER SYSTEM POWER SYSTEMS PROCESS HEAT PROGRAMS RAINFALL RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES RISING SEA LEVELS SEA LEVELS SEA LEVEL RISE SEWAGE TREATMENT SMOG SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SURFACE TEMPERATURE TRADITIONAL FOSSIL FUEL TRANSPORT SECTOR TROPOSPHERIC OZONE UNCONTROLLED EMISSION URBAN CENTERS URBAN ENVIRONMENT VEGETATION VEHICLES VOLATILE HYDROCARBONS WASTEWATER TREATMENT WIND WIND ENERGY WIND ENERGY GENERATION WIND GENERATION WIND POWER WIND SYSTEMS ZERO EMISSIONS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/7410454/responding-climate-change-action-plan-world-bank-latin-america-caribbean http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10304

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/7410454/responding-climate-change-action-plan-world-bank-latin-america-caribbean
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10304

Responding to Climate Change : An Action Plan for the World Bank in Latin America and the Caribbean

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