Climate Change - A Research Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean

Omar Chisari and Sebastian Galiani

No 4687, Research Department Publications from Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department

Abstract: The objective of this research agenda is to outline the issues that need to be investigated in order to produce an informed assessment of what strategies and policies Latin America and its international organizations should pursue with respect to climate change. This report makes the three following potential contributions: i) identifying actions that could be valuable but have not been highlighted; ii) advising on actions that could be ineffective and costly, given limited resources; and iii) recommending an evaluation of what elements require further analysis before objectives are translated into action. After introducing the issues involved, the report presents a simplified model to help explain the interaction of climate change with the economy. The discussion then turns to several of the most important relevant issues in terms of the model. Finally, individual items are discussed in order to construct an agenda.

Keywords: Climate change; Mitigation; Adaptation; Latin America and the Caribbean (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-10
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