Development and Climate Change
Friday, August 22nd, 2008The World Bank has been working on what it calls a “Strategic Framework on Climate Change and Development” (SFCCD). The Bank is concerned that developing countries and the poorest communities are likely to suffer earliest and the most” from global climate change. It has the potential to reverse the hard-earned development gains of the past […]
Climate Change Adaptation: Andean Glacier Retreat
Saturday, June 7th, 2008From the World Bank: WB Announces Adaptation Program for Glacier Retreat In The Andes The World Bank announced today a new program to address the impact of tropical glacier retreat in Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador. The program, supported by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), will grant US$7.49 million to implement a set of adaptation actions […]
Estimating Climate Change’s Probable Economic Impacts on Central America
Monday, June 2nd, 2008Temas Note: Check this post for a discussion of an earlier attempt at analyzing the economic impacts of global climate change for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) that served as the regional input to the Stern Review. ________________________ From the UN Economic Commission for Latin America & the Caribbean (ECLAC): Study On the Economics […]
Funding Climate Change Adaptation in Ecuador and Peru
Thursday, June 28th, 2007From the Global Environment Facility (GEF): Adapting to Climate Change: New GEF Projects Show New Ways to Beat the Heat The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council today approved a grant of $9.9 million to finance two climate adaptation projects designed to help communities in Ecuador and Peru combat problems associated with glacial retreat in the […]