This paper synthesizes what is known about the physical and biophysical impacts of climate change and their consequences for societies and development under different levels of global warming in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Projections show increasing mean temperatures by up to 4.5 °C com...
The authors map beliefs in climate change and their correlates in Latin America. The study shows skepticism over the existence and anthropogenic origins of climate change to be limited, but identifies a high number of skeptics around the severity of its consequences. Results ...
Associate Vice-Chancellor; Dean, Graduate School, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Coauthor ofLatin America. C.W. Minkel•All Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years ...
Most foreign residents came from other countries of the European Union (EU) and from Latin America. Many also arrived from Morocco, often crossing the Strait of Gibraltar in small boats, and from sub-Saharan Africa, arriving often at the Canary Islands; there also are significant numbers of ...
And the World Bank predicts that unchecked carbon emissions could lead to 143 million internal climate migrants by 2050 in Latin America, the Caribbean, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. With the threat of increased climate migration in mind, President Biden recently signed an executive order ...
Latin America and the Caribbean; MAF, the Middle East and Africa; OECD, the OECD 90 countries and the European Union member states and candidates; REF, the reforming economies of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.c, Changes in the market and non-market natural capital for 1 °C...
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Air pollution in the city of Guadalajara, the state capital of Jalisco, has worsened over the past decade, though there are some recent signs of improvement : Mexico’s urban air pollution remains the worst in Latin America The Jalisco Environmental Agency now has a webpage where residents an...
Tatiana Bilbao. Inflexiones 2024 inaugural conference. Image Courtesy of Tecnológico de Monterrey Architecture and urban planning in Latin Americaface deeply rooted social, environmental, and economicchallengesshaped by historical inequalities, rapid population growth, and unplannedurbanization. Addressing these...
Angiosperm trees (broadleaved trees) and gymnosperm trees (mostly conifers) exhibit distinct spatial PE patterns, besides New Guinea and New Caledonia, where PE is high for both groups (Fig.1and S3). High angiosperm PE mainly occurs in Central America, northern Andes, the east coast of Madaga...