World Bank2012-08-132012-08-132009-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9469This country note briefly summarizes information relevant to both climate change and agriculture in Chile, with focus on policy developments (including action plans and programs) and institutional make-up. Like most countries in Latin America, Chile has submitted one national communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with a second one under preparation. Agriculture contributes little, in relative terms, to total green house gas (GHG) emissions and the mitigation potential in the sector is mainly related to afforestation and the sustainable management of native forests. Agriculture is highly vulnerable to weather extremes, in particular in the central parts of the country, where water scarcity is an issue. Desertification and soil erosion are some of the other major problems facing the country, though measures for reducing erosion are yielding positive results. A greater emphasis on 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 IGOAFFORESTATIONAFFORESTATION ACTIVITIESAFFORESTATION EFFORTSAGRICULTURAL INSURANCEAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURAL RESOURCEAGRICULTURAL RESOURCESAGRICULTURAL SECTORAPPROACH TO CLIMATE CHANGEARABLE LANDASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGEASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTATMOSPHEREBIODIVERSITYCALCULATIONCARBONCARBON CAPTURECARBON DIOXIDECARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONSCARBON FOOTPRINTCARBON MARKETCARBON SEQUESTRATIONCARBON TRADINGCATTLE RAISINGCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSCLIMATE CHANGE ISSUESCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATIONCLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONSCLIMATE CHANGE RISKSCLIMATE PREDICTIONCLIMATE RISKCLIMATE VARIABILITYCLIMATE VULNERABILITYCLIMATIC RISKSCLIMATIC ZONESCOCO2CULTIVATED LANDCULTIVATIONCYCLONE ACTIVITYDAMAGESDEFORESTATIONDEFORESTATION RATEDESERTIFICATIONDNADROUGHTDROUGHTSECONOMIC IMPACTEMISSIONEMISSIONSEMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTUREEMISSIONS OF METHANEENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTSENVIRONMENTSEUCALYPTUSEVAPOTRANSPIRATIONEXTREME EVENTSEXTREME POVERTYEXTREME TEMPERATURESEXTREME WEATHEREXTREME WEATHER EVENTSFINANCIAL INSTRUMENTSFINANCIAL RESOURCESFISHERIESFLOODSFORESTFOREST FIRESFOREST MANAGEMENTFOREST PLANTATIONSFOREST RESOURCESFOREST SECTORFORESTRYFORESTRY PRACTICESFORESTRY SECTORFORESTSFOSSIL FUELSFRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGEFRESH WATERFROSTFUELSFUTURE CLIMATE CHANGEGAS EMISSIONSGASESGHGGLACIERSGLOBAL CLIMATEGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGEGLOBAL EMISSIONSGREEN HOUSE GASGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSIMPACT OF CLIMATEIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGEIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTUREIMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEINSURANCEINSURANCE CONTRACTSINSURANCE INSTRUMENTSINSURANCE MECHANISMSINSURANCE PREMIUMSIRRIGATIONLAND DEGRADATIONLAND FOR AGRICULTURELAND MANAGEMENTLAND USELAND USE CHANGELAND-USELAND-USE CHANGENATIONAL CLIMATENATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGENATIONAL FORESTSNATURAL RESOURCESNITROGENNITROGEN BASED FERTILIZERSNOXOVERGRAZINGPASTUREPLANTINGPRECIPITATIONRAINFALLREFORESTATIONRIVERRIVER BASINSRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL COMMUNITYSCENARIOSSOILSOIL EROSIONSOILSTEMPERATURETEMPERATURE INCREASESTOTAL EMISSIONSTROPICAL CYCLONEVULNERABILITY INDICATORSWATER QUALITYWATER RESOURCESWEATHER EXTREMESWorld Bank10.1596/9469