World Bank2012-08-132012-08-132009-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9466This country note briefly summarizes information relevant to both climate change and agriculture in Argentina, with focus on policy developments (including action plans and programs) and institutional make-up. Argentina is one of the four developing countries in the world to have submitted two national communications to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), indicating strong commitment by the government for addressing climate change issues across sectors. Agriculture (including land use change and forestry) is the largest contributor to green house gas (GHG) emissions in the country, while contributing less than six percent of Gross Domestic product (GDP), and it represents fifty-five percent of the country's export base (including processed agricultural goods). The emission reduction potential of the agricultural sector (including land use change and forestry) is significant and not yet sufficiently explored in the country. Argentina currently counts with only one Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in the agricultural sector. Agriculture is highly vulnerable to climate variability. The extension and improvement of both irrigation infrastructure and climate-sensitive insurance coverage for agricultural production can reduce some of the observed vulnerabilities in the country.CC BY 3.0 IGOABSORPTIONAFFORESTATIONAFFORESTATION EFFORTSAGRICULTURAL INSURANCEAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL RESOURCEAGRICULTURAL RESOURCESAGRICULTURAL SECTORARABLE LANDATMOSPHEREBIODIVERSITYBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATIONCALCULATIONCARBONCARBON SEQUESTRATIONCARBON TRADINGCH4CLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION MEASURESCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSCLIMATE CHANGE ISSUESCLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITYCLIMATE CONDITIONSCLIMATE EVENTSCLIMATE RISKCLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENTCLIMATE RISKSCLIMATE SCENARIOCLIMATE SCENARIO DEVELOPMENTCLIMATE SCENARIOSCLIMATE VARIABILITYCLIMATESCLIMATIC CHANGESCLIMATIC RISKCO2COMMERCIAL FORESTSCULTIVATED AREACULTIVATED LANDCULTIVATIONDAMAGESDEFORESTATIONDEFORESTATION ACTIVITIESDEFORESTATION RATEDESERTIFICATIONDNADROUGHTECONOMIC IMPACTECOSYSTEMEMISSIONEMISSION REDUCTIONEMISSION REDUCTION POTENTIALEMISSION REDUCTIONSEMISSIONSEMISSIONS ESTIMATESEMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTUREEMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATIONEMISSIONS FROM LIVESTOCKEMISSIONS INVENTORIESENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTSEROSIONEVAPORATIONEVAPOTRANSPIRATIONEXCESS RAINFALLEXTREME EVENTSEXTREME POVERTYEXTREME PRECIPITATIONEXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTSEXTREME TEMPERATURESEXTREME WEATHEREXTREME WEATHER EVENTSFINANCIAL INSTRUMENTSFISHERIESFLOODSFODDERFORAGESFORESTFOREST AREASFOREST CARBONFOREST CARBON STOCKSFOREST DEGRADATIONFOREST DEVELOPMENTFOREST FIRESFOREST FRAGMENTATIONFOREST GRAZINGFOREST LOSSFOREST PLANTATIONSFOREST RESOURCESFORESTRYFORESTRY PROJECTSFORESTRY SECTORFORESTSFRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGEFRESH WATERFROSTFUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOSGAS EMISSIONSGHGGLOBAL CLIMATEGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGEGLOBAL EMISSIONSGREEN HOUSE GASGROUNDWATERHAILHIGH TEMPERATURESIMPACT OF CLIMATEIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGEIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTUREINCOMEINFORMATION ON CLIMATEINFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGEINFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSINSURANCEINSURANCE COMPANIESINSURANCE COVERAGEINSURANCE INSTRUMENTSINSURANCE MARKETINSURANCE MECHANISMSINSURANCE POLICIESINSURANCE PREMIUMSINSURANCE PRODUCTSINSURANCE SECTORINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGEIRRIGATIONLAND MANAGEMENTLAND USELAND USE CHANGELAND-USELAND-USE CHANGEMETHANEMETHANE EMISSIONSN2ONATIONAL CLIMATENATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGENATIONAL FOREST CARBONNEGATIVE IMPACTSNITROGENNITROGEN BASED FERTILIZERSNITROUS OXIDENITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONSPARTNERSHIPPASTUREPASTURESPLANTATION FORESTSPLANTINGPOLICY RESPONSEPORTFOLIOPRECIPITATIONPROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCERAINFALLREFORESTATIONRESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGERIVERRURAL DEVELOPMENTSEASEASONSOILSOIL CARBONSTORMSSUBSTITUTIONSURFACE WATERTEMPERATURETEMPERATURE INCREASETOTAL EMISSIONSVULNERABILITY INDICATORSVULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGEWATER RESOURCESWorld Bank10.1596/9466