World Bank2012-08-132012-08-132009-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9474This country note briefly summarizes information relevant to both climate change and agriculture in El Salvador, with focus on policy developments (including action plans and programs) and institutional make-up. Like most countries in Latin America, El Salvador has submitted one national communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with a second one under preparation. According to the national greenhouse gases (GHG) inventory (2000), land use change and forestry (LUCF) is the second largest contributor to GHG emissions in the country, after the energy sector. The emission reduction potential of the sector is large. El Salvador counts with six clean development mechanism (CDM) projects, none of which are in the agricultural sector. It is estimated that Central America produces less than 0.5 percent of global carbon emissions, but it is one the most vulnerable regions to climate change related impacts on the planet. Agriculture is highly vulnerable to climate variability and to observed climate change, this coupled with problems of land degradation in the country. A greater emphasis on recovering deforested or agricultural lands, reducing land degradation, reforestation and developing and applying adequate insurance mechanisms can be placed for better management of public resources in light of natural disasters in the agriculture sector.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO INFORMATIONAFFORESTATIONAFFORESTATION EFFORTSAGRICULTURAL INSURANCEAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURAL LANDSAGRICULTURAL SECTORAREA UNDER IRRIGATIONBIODIVERSITYBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATIONBIOMASSCALCULATIONCARBONCARBON DIOXIDECARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONSCARBON TRADINGCLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISMCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONCLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENTCLIMATE CHANGE FUNDCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSCLIMATE CHANGE ISSUESCLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOSCLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGIESCLIMATE CHANGESCLIMATE CONDITIONSCLIMATE FORECASTSCLIMATE RESEARCHCLIMATE RISKCLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENTCLIMATE RISKSCLIMATE SCENARIOSCLIMATE VARIABILITYCLIMATE VULNERABILITYCO2COMMUNITY FORESTCOMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENTCULTIVATED AREACULTIVATED LANDCULTIVATIONDAMAGESDEFORESTATIONDEFORESTATION RATEDNADROUGHTDROUGHTSECONOMIC IMPACTEMISSIONEMISSION PROJECTIONSEMISSION REDUCTIONEMISSION REDUCTION POTENTIALEMISSION REDUCTIONSEMISSION SCENARIOSEMISSIONSEMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATIONENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTSEVALUATION OF IMPACTSEXTREME POVERTYEXTREME WEATHEREXTREME WEATHER EVENTSFARMSFERTILIZERSFINANCIAL INSTRUMENTSFIREWOODFISHERIESFLOODSFORESTFOREST CARBONFOREST FIRESFOREST MANAGEMENTFOREST RESOURCESFORESTRYFORESTRY PROJECTSFORESTRY SECTORFORESTRY SYSTEMSFORESTSFRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGEFREEZEFRESH WATERFUTURE CLIMATE CHANGEFUTURE CLIMATE VULNERABILITYGAS EMISSIONSGHGGLOBAL CARBON EMISSIONSGREEN HOUSE GASGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASHAILHUMIDITYHURRICANEHURRICANESIMPACT OF CLIMATEIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGEIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTUREIMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEINCOMEINFORMATION ON CLIMATEINFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGEINFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSINSURANCEINSURANCE INSTRUMENTSINSURANCE MECHANISMSINSURANCE PREMIUMINSURANCE PREMIUMSINSURANCE SECTORIPCCLAND DEGRADATIONLAND MANAGEMENTLAND USELAND USE CHANGELAND-USELAND-USE CHANGEMETHANEMETHANE EMISSIONSN2ONATIONAL CLIMATENATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGENATIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORYNATURAL RESOURCESNITROUS OXIDENITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONSPASTURESPOLICY RESPONSEPORTFOLIOPRECIPITATIONPRODUCERSREDUCING EMISSIONSREFORESTATIONREGENERATIONREGIONAL CLIMATEREGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGERESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGERIVER BASINSRURAL COMMUNITIESSOIL CARBONSOIL DEGRADATIONSOIL EROSIONSTORMSSUBSISTENCE FARMERSSUBSTITUTIONSUGAR CANESUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE FORESTSUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENTSUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENTSUSTAINABLE USESUSTAINABLE WATERTEMPERATURETEMPERATURE INCREASESTOTAL EMISSIONSTREESTROPICAL STORMVULNERABILITY INDICATORSVULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGEWASTE MANAGEMENTWOOD INDUSTRYWOODY VEGETATIONWorld Bank10.1596/9474