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UNINA9910456869903321 |
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Titolo |
Low-carbon development [[electronic resource] ] : Latin American responses to climate change / / Augusto de la Torre, Pablo Fajnzylber, and John Nash, editors |
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Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-33505-7 |
9786612335051 |
0-8213-8081-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (220 p.) |
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Collana |
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World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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TorreAugusto de la |
FajnzylberPablo |
NashJohn <1953-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Energy policy - Latin America |
Carbon dioxide mitigation - Latin America |
Climatic changes - Latin America |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Confronting the Global Challenge; Figures; Maps; Tables; 2. Climate Change Impacts in Latin America and the Caribbean; 3. Adapting to a Changing Climate in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region; Boxes; 4. Mitigation Efforts: Moving Beyond the First Generation of Emission Reductions; 5. Latin America and the Caribbean Region's GHG Emissions; 6. Climate Change Mitigation in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region: No Regrets and Beyond; Appendix: Authors of Background Papers; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Governments and civil society in Latin America and the Caribbean should be well informed about the potential costs and benefits of combating climate change, their policy options over the next decades, and the global context for these policy decisions. At the same time, the global community needs to be better informed about the unique perspective of the Latin American and Caribbean region: problems the |
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