Vergara, WalterVergara, Walter2014-09-172014-09-172009-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20194Estimating the potential costs of climate destabilization is not a trivial matter. Potential climate impacts have multiple consequences, some of which can be monetized while others are beyond the reach of standard economic tools. A full assessment of the implications of climate impacts often cannot be completed because many of the consequences are only partly known. This report summarizes data recently made available, through the portfolio of adaptation activities in the region, on some of the damages induced by climate destabilization. These include impacts from hurricane intensification, glacier retreat, and increased exposure to tropical vector diseases, coral bleaching, and composite costs of climate change in the particularly vulnerable Caribbean Basin. Other costs are becoming evident but they still cannot be estimated. Most worrisome among these are the potential implications from Amazon dieback which, if realized, will drastically affect the water cycle in the region as well as environmental services essential to economic activity in the region, with wider global implications. The report refers to destabilization in the title as recognition, that the region is now facing impacts from major, destabilizing changes in its climate.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABRUPT CLIMATEABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGEACCESS TO INSURANCEAEROSOL POLLUTIONAGRICULTUREALLOCATIONALTITUDEAMAZON RAINFORESTANNUAL COSTANNUAL COSTSANNUAL LOSSANOMALIESANOMALYASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE IMPACTSATMOSPHEREATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONBASINSBEACHBEACHESBIODIVERSITYBIOMASSBIOSPHERECACARBONCARBON DIOXIDECARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONSCARBON SINKSCARBONATESCLCLIMATECLIMATE ACTIONCLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSCLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOCLIMATE CHANGESCLIMATE DISASTERSCLIMATE IMPACTSCLIMATE MODELCLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONSCLIMATE MODELSCLIMATE SIGNALSCLIMATE SYSTEMCLIMATE VARIABILITYCLIMATE-RELATED DISASTERSCLIMATIC CHANGESCLIMATIC CONDITIONSCLOUDSCO2COASTCOAST WETLANDSCOASTAL AREASCOASTAL PROTECTIONCOASTAL REGIONCOASTAL SYSTEMSCOASTAL WETLANDSCOASTAL ZONESCOASTSCOLORSCOMMERCIAL FISHINGCONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGECONSERVATIONCORALCORAL COVERCORAL REEFSCORALSCOST ESTIMATESCOSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGECROP PRODUCTIONCROPSCUMULATIVE LOSSCYCLONE ACTIVITYCYCLONE INTENSITYCYCLONE TRACKSDAMAGESDATA SOURCESDEFORESTATIONDESERTIFICATIONDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDEWDROUGHTECOLOGYECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC DATAECONOMIC IMPACTECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGEECONOMIC IMPACTSECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATEECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGEECOSYSTEMECOSYSTEMSELECTRICITYEMISSIONEMISSION SCENARIOSEMISSIONSEMISSIONS SCENARIOSENDEMIC SPECIESENVIRONMENTAL CHANGESENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONSENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTSENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICSENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSEROSIONEXTINCTION RISK FROM CLIMATE CHANGEEXTREME WEATHERFAUNAFINANCIAL CAPITALFINANCIAL RESOURCESFINANCIAL TERMSFISHFISHERIESFLOOD CONTROLFLOOD DAMAGEFLOODINGFLOODSFLORAFOREIGN EXCHANGEFOREST DIEBACKFOREST ECOSYSTEMFORESTSGLACIER RETREATGLACIERSGLOBAL CLIMATEGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGEGLOBAL CLIMATE MODELGLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEMGLOBAL WARMINGGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASESGROUNDWATERGROUNDWATER TABLESGULFHABITATSHIGH-RESOLUTION CLIMATEHOUSINGHURRICANEHURRICANE CENTERHURRICANE DAMAGEHURRICANE FREQUENCYHURRICANE INTENSITYHURRICANE RISKHURRICANESHYDROLOGICAL CYCLEHYDROLOGICAL REGIMEHYDROMETEOROLOGYICEICE COVERIMPACT OF CLIMATEIMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGEIMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEIMPACTS OF HURRICANESINCREASE IN TEMPERATUREINSURANCEINTEREST RATEIPCCLAND USEMAJOR HURRICANESMANGROVEMARINE ECOSYSTEMSMARINE SPECIESMAXIMUM TEMPERATURESMETEOROLOGICAL RESEARCHMITIGATIONMOUNTAINSNUTRIENTSOYSTERSPAINTSPHOTOSYNTHESISPLAINSPLANT LIFEPOLLUTANTSPORTFOLIOPOWER GENERATIONPOWER SUPPLYPPPRECIPITATIONPRELIMINARY ESTIMATESPRESENT COSTQUANTITATIVE ANALYSISRAINRAINFALLRANGESREEFREGIONAL CLIMATEREGIONAL CLIMATE PROJECTIONSRESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGERISK MANAGEMENTRIVERSEASEA LEVELSEA LEVEL RISESEA LEVEL RISESSEA SURFACE TEMPERATURESEA SURFACE TEMPERATURESSEASSEASONSEDIMENTSSENSITIVITY ANALYSESSHRIMPSINKSSTSTORM SURGESTORM SURGESSTORMSSURFACE TEMPERATURESURFACE TEMPERATURESTEMPERATURETEMPERATURE CHANGESTEMPERATURE INCREASETEMPERATURE INCREASESTEMPERATURE RANGETEMPERATURE RECORDTEMPERATURE RESPONSETEMPERATURE RISETEMPERATURESTROPICAL CYCLONETROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITYTROPICAL CYCLONESTROPICAL DEFORESTATIONTROPICAL RAINFORESTSTROPICAL STORMTROPICSTROPOSPHEREUNCERTAINTIESVULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE IMPACTSWATER CYCLEWATER QUALITYWATER VAPORWAVESWEATHER PATTERNSWETLANDWETLANDSWILDLIFEWINDWIND DAMAGEWIND SPEEDWIND SPEEDSWINDSWORST-CASE10.1596/20194