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An assessment of the economic impact of climate change on the health sector In Guyana
(ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, 2011-10-22)
Climate change is considered to be the most pervasive and truly global of all issues affecting humanity. It poses a serious threat to the environment, as well as to economies and societies. Whilst it is clear that the ...
The economics of climate change
(ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, 2009-11-30)
This paper focuses on several key economic issues relevant to climate change. Given the fact that changes in climate are projections using the best available data, it examines the economic principles of uncertainty and the ...
Climate justice: a new way of looking at environmental issuesJustiça climática: uma nova forma de olhar para as questões ambientais
(Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2022)
An assessment of the economic impact of climate change on the tourism sector in Curacao
(ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, 2011-10-22)
In this study, an attempt is made to estimate the economic impact of climate change on the tourism sector
in the (former) Netherlands Antilles. There are three main objectives in this study. The first is to
examine the ...
An assessment of the economic impact of climate change on the tourism sector in Aruba
(ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, 2011-10-22)
In this study, an attempt is made to assess the economic impact of climate change on Aruba. This
study has three main objectives. The first is to examine the factors that influence the demand and
supply of tourism in ...
Economics of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean: summary 2010
(ECLAC, 2010-11)
Climate change, which is basically manifested in rising average temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns, rising sea levels, reduction of the ice extent, glacier melt and alterations in the pattern of extreme events, ...
A study of climate change in the Caribbean: impacts of climate change in small communitites
(ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, 2009-12-01)
ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean
Report of the fourth Expert Group Meeting of the project: understanding the potential economic impact of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean: methodological issues in modelling the macroeconomic impacts of climate change in the Caribbean
(ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, 2011-12-21)
Climate change: selected economic dimensions
(ECLAC, 2009-06-10)
The 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 ...
The effects of climate change on the coasts of Latin America and the Caribbean: Climate variability, dynamics and trends
(ECLAC, 2015-12)
This effort to study the effects of climate change in the coastal areas of Latin America and the Caribbean has been divided into four main parts in line with the comprehensive risk-assessment methodology developed. The ...