World Bank2012-08-132012-08-132009-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9483This country note briefly summarizes information relevant to both climate change and agriculture in Uruguay, with focus on policy developments (including action plans and programs) and institutional make-up. Uruguay 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 across sectors. Agriculture (including land use change and forestry) is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the country and it is also one of the most important sectors in the economy, representing 65 percent of the county's export sources. Significant steps have been made in reforestation and carbon sequestration in the country, reducing the net effect of the sector on total GHG emissions. Given that the emissions reduction potential of the sector is large, carbon trading opportunities have not yet been explored in the country. Reducing vulnerability to climate change and, in particular, to seasonal variability and variations in precipitation is of increasing importance in the agricultural sector (and, particular, for water management), coupled with more sustainable land management practices and production decisions.CC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE TEMPERATUREABSORPTIONAFFORESTATIONAFFORESTATION ACTIVITIESAFFORESTATION EFFORTSAGRICULTURAL INSURANCEAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL RESOURCEAGRICULTURAL RESOURCESAGRICULTURAL SECTORAMOUNT OF RAINFALLBIODIVERSITYBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATIONBIOMASSCALCULATIONCARBONCARBON DIOXIDECARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONSCARBON FINANCECARBON MONOXIDECARBON MONOXIDE EMISSIONSCARBON SEQUESTRATIONCARBON SEQUESTRATION CAPACITYCARBON TRADINGCH4CLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSCLIMATE CHANGE ISSUESCLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSECLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOSCLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITYCLIMATE EVENTCLIMATE EVENTSCLIMATE MODELSCLIMATE RISKCLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENTCLIMATE RISKSCLIMATE SCENARIOSCLIMATIC CHANGESCLIMATIC CONDITIONSCOCO2COASTAL ZONECOASTAL ZONESCULTIVATED AREACULTIVATED LANDCULTIVATIONDAMAGESDEFORESTATIONDEFORESTATION RATEDEGRADATIONDESERTIFICATIONDNADROUGHTDROUGHTSECONOMIC IMPACTEMISSIONEMISSION ABATEMENTEMISSION REDUCTIONEMISSION REDUCTIONSEMISSIONSEMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTUREEMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATIONEMISSIONS INVENTORIESEMISSIONS OF METHANEEMISSIONS REDUCTIONENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTSENVIRONMENTAL POLICYEROSIONETHANOLEXTRAORDINARY LOSSESEXTREME TEMPERATURESEXTREME WEATHEREXTREME WEATHER EVENTSFEEDSTOCKSFINANCIAL INSTRUMENTSFISHERIESFISHERYFLOODSFORESTFOREST AREAFOREST AREASFOREST PLANTATIONFOREST RESOURCESFORESTRYFORESTRY LAWFORESTRY POLICYFORESTRY PROJECTSFORESTRY SECTORFORESTSFRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGEFRESH WATERFROSTFUELSFUTURE CLIMATE CHANGEFUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOSGAS EMISSIONSGASESGCMGHGGLOBAL CLIMATEGLOBAL EMISSIONSGRASSLANDSGREEN HOUSE GASGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSHAILHIGH TEMPERATUREIMPACT OF CLIMATEIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGEIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTUREIMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEINFORMATION ON CLIMATEINFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGEINFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSINSURANCEINSURANCE COMPANIESINSURANCE COMPANYINSURANCE CONTRACTSINSURANCE INSTRUMENTSINSURANCE MARKETINSURANCE MECHANISMSINSURANCE POLICIESINSURANCE POLICYIPCCIRRIGATIONLAND MANAGEMENTLAND PRODUCTIVITYLAND USELAND USE CHANGELAND-USELAND-USE CHANGEMEAN TEMPERATUREMETHANEMETHANE EMISSIONSN2ONATIONAL CLIMATENATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGENATIONAL EMISSIONSNITROGENNITROUS OXIDENITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONSPASTUREPASTURESPLANTATION FORESTSPLANTINGPOLICY RESPONSEPORTFOLIOPRECIPITATIONRAINRAINFALLRAINY DAYSREFORESTATIONREGIONAL CLIMATERELATIVE HUMIDITYRESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGERICE PRODUCTIONSEASEASONSOILSOIL CARBONSOIL CONSERVATION TECHNIQUESSOIL EROSIONSOILSSTORMSSURFACE WATERTEMPERATURETEMPERATURE INCREASESTOTAL EMISSIONSTOTAL NITROGEN OXIDESTREESVULNERABILITY INDICATORSVULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGEWATER RESOURCESWATERSWINDWIND SPEEDWIND STORMSWorld Bank10.1596/9483