Climate change: selected economic dimensions

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cepal.bibLevelDocumento Completo
cepal.callNumberLC/CAR/L.205
cepal.docTypeDocumentos de proyectos e investigación
cepal.idSade36744
cepal.physicalDescriptiongráficos
cepal.regionalOfficePuerto España
cepal.topicEngCLIMATE CHANGE
cepal.topicEngMONITORING OF INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL AGREEMENTS
cepal.topicSpaCAMBIO CLIMÁTICO
cepal.topicSpaMONITOREO DE ACUERDOS INTERNACIONALES/REGIONALES
cepal.workareaEngSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
cepal.workareaEngSTATISTICS
cepal.workareaSpaDESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE Y ASENTAMIENTOS HUMANOS
cepal.workareaSpaESTADÍSTICAS
dc.contributor.entityNU. CEPAL. Sede Subregional para el Caribe
dc.coverage.spatialEngCARIBBEAN REGION
dc.coverage.spatialSpaCARIBE
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-02T23:15:18Z
dc.date.available2014-01-02T23:15:18Z
dc.date.issued2009-06-10
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliography
dc.description.abstractThe paper highlights several key economic issues of the climate change debate. Section I states the need to adopt a precautionary approach to the climate change challenge in the face of uncertainty; while Section II illustrates the key economic drivers of climate change. Section III provides an analysis of the economic gains and losses posed by climate change and the inequalities implied by the regional and sectoral distribution of these gains and losses; and Section IV explores potential economic tools for addressing climate change, namely emissions taxes, cap and trade regimes, command and control measures, research and scientific and technological development and land use policies. Section V looks briefly at options for the Caribbean to address climate change. Major recommendations for the Caribbean center on the conduct of further research on the economic impacts of climate change, the accelerated implementation of national adaptation and mitigation plans that need to be accompanied by national capacity assessments and resource mobilization strategies for funding the plans, increased energy efficiency, incentives for technology transfers and innovation, and greater efforts at implementing existing regional policy frameworks such as the Caribbean Disaster Management Framework. Section VI analyzes the key areas where the United Nations can play a critical role in addressing the economic impacts of climate change. The five areas identified center on: (a) Promotion of sustainable development and implementation of United Nations conventions and treaties; (b) Support to the development and transfer of energy-efficient and renewable energy technologies from developed to developing countries; (c) Facilitating international coordination and actions for the continued reduction and removal of greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere; (d) Mobilizing public opinion on the impacts of climate change and needed policy responses; and (e) Mobilizing finance for climate change adaptation and mitigation. Section VII concludes by highlighting the need to depart from “business as usual” approaches in order to address climate change.
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dc.format.extent36 páginas.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.unSymbolLC/CAR/L.205
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/27645
dc.language.isoeng
dc.physicalDescription36 p. : grafs.
dc.publisherECLAC
dc.publisher.placePort-of-Spain
dc.rights.coarDisponible
dc.subject.unbisEngCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject.unbisEngECONOMIC ASPECTS
dc.subject.unbisEngCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
dc.subject.unbisSpaCAMBIO CLIMATICO
dc.subject.unbisSpaASPECTOS ECONOMICOS
dc.subject.unbisSpaADAPTACION AL CAMBIO CLIMATICO
dc.titleClimate change: selected economic dimensions
dc.type.coarlibro
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