Verner, Dorte2012-08-132012-08-132011-07https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10084Climate change is the defining development challenge of our time. More than a global environmental issue, climate change is also a threat to poverty reduction and economic growth and may unravel many of the development gains made in recent decades. Latin America and the Caribbean account for a relatively modest twelve percent of the world's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but communities across the region are already suffering adverse consequences from climate change and variability. As highlighted in 'Reducing Poverty, Protecting Livelihoods, and Building Assets in a Changing Climate (Verner 2010), climate change is likely to have unprecedented social, economic, environmental, and political repercussions.CC BY 3.0 IGOAIRAMAZON FORESTAMAZON REGIONAMAZONIAN FORESTANIMALANIMAL SPECIESANNUAL PRECIPITATIONASSESSMENT REPORTATMOSPHEREBENEFITSBIODIVERSITYBIRDSBUTTERFLIESCAPACITYCARBONCARBON DIOXIDECARBON EQUIVALENTCARIBBEAN REGIONCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE INDICATORSCLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAMCLIMATE EFFECTSCLIMATE MODELSCLIMATE TRENDSCOCO2COASTAL ZONESCONSUMPTIONCOPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGECORALCORAL REEFSDEFORESTATIONDESERTIFICATIONDETERMINANTSDETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEDROUGHTDRY AREASECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGEECOSYSTEMSEMISSIONSEMISSIONS FROM ENERGY USEENERGYENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONEXTINCTIONEXTREME EVENTSFAUNAFISHFISH STOCKSFLOODSFLORAFOOD SECURITYFORESTFOREST FIRESFROGSGASESGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONGHGGLACIER RETREATGLACIERSGLOBAL CLIMATEGLOBAL EMISSIONSGLOBAL WARMINGGRASSLANDGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASHUMAN ACTIVITYHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHURRICANESICEIMPACTS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITYIMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGEIMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITYINCOMEINCOME INEQUALITYINSURANCEINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGEINTERNATIONAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGEINVESTMENTSIPCCISSUESLACK OF EDUCATIONLAND DEGRADATIONLAND PRODUCTIVITYLEADLESSLIVESTOCKLOW-LYING REGIONSMAMMALSMANGROVESMEAN RAINFALLMIGRATIONNATURAL RESOURCESNEGATIVE IMPACTSNEGATIVE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGENOOZONEOZONE DEPLETIONPLANTPLANT GROWTHPOLICIESPOLICYPOLICY MAKERSPOOR HEALTHPOOR PEOPLEPOVERTYPOVERTY DATAPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOWER GENERATIONPRECIPITATIONPRICEQUALITY OF LIFEQUALITY OF WATERRAINRAINFALLREGIONREGIONAL CLIMATEREGIONAL LEVELREPTILESSCIENCESEA LEVELSEA-LEVELSEA-LEVEL RISESEALSEASONSEASONSSEVERE HURRICANESSEVERE WEATHERSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOUTHERN CONESTORM SURGESSTORMSSURFACE TEMPERATURESTEMPERATURETEMPERATURE CHANGESTEMPERATURE INCREASETEMPERATURE INCREASESTEMPERATURE LEVELTEMPERATURE RISETREETREE SPECIESTROPICAL CYCLONESTROPICAL FORESTTROPICAL GLACIERTROPICAL RAINFORESTTURBULENCEVALUEVEGETATIONVULNERABLE PEOPLEVULNERABLE POPULATIONSWATER AVAILABILITYWEATHER CONDITIONSWorld Bank10.1596/10084