Climate Change and Latin America
[Argentina] [Bolivia]
[Chile] [Colombia]
[Costa Rica] [Cuba]
[Ecuador] [El
Salvador] [Guatemala] [Guyana]
[Haiti] [Honduras]
[Mexico] [Nicaragua]
[Panama] [Peru]
[Uruguay] [Venezuela]
Latin America-wide reports
"Latin America," Chapter 14 of: Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). 2001. Climate Change 2001:
Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Cambridge University
Press.
FULL TEXT: http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg2/516.htm
PDF: http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg2/pdf/wg2TARchap14.pdf
"Latin America," Chapter 6 of: Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). 1997. The Regional Impacts
of Climate Change: An Assessment of Vulnerability. Cambridge
University Press.
FULL TEXT: http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc/regional/122.htm
ALSO IN SPANISH: http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc/regional/pdf/amla.pdf
Jones, Peter G., and Philip K. Thornton. 2003. "The
potential impacts of climate change on maize production
in Africa and Latin America in 2055," Global Environmental
Change, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 51 - 59. [ABSTRACT]
Baethgen, Walter E. 1997. "Vulnerability of the agricultural
sector of Latin America to climate change," Climate
Research, Vol. 9, No. 1-2, December 29, pp. 1-7. [ABSTRACT]
Yates, David N. 1997. "Climate change impacts on the
hydrologic resources of South America: an annual, continental
scale assessment," Climate Research, Vol. 9, No. 1-2,
December 29, pp. 147-155. [ABSTRACT]
Sub Regional Studies
Hulme, Mike and Nicola Sheard. 1999. Climate
Change Scenarios for Mesoamerica. Climatic Research Unit
at University of East Anglia: Norwich, UK.
PDF: http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~mikeh/research/mesoamer.eng.pdf
IN SPANISH: http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~mikeh/research/mesoamer.span.pdf
Hulme, Mike and Nicola Sheard. 1999. Escenarios de Cambio
Climático para Países de los Andes del Norte.
Climatic Research Unit at University of East Anglia: Norwich,
UK.
PDF IN SPANISH: http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~mikeh/research/andes.pdf
Country-Level Studies
Argentina
Secretariat for Natural Resources and Sustainable Development.
1999. Revision of the First National Communication according
to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/argnc1e.pdf
SPANISH: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/argnc1s.pdf
Hulme, Mike and Nicola Sheard. 1999. Escenarios de Cambio
Climático para Argentina. Climatic Research Unit
at University of East Anglia: Norwich, UK.
PDF IN SPANISH: http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~mikeh/research/argentina.pdf
Díaz, Raúl A., Graciela O. Magrin, María
I. Travasso, and Rafael O. Rodríguez. 1997. "Climate
change and its impact on the properties of agricultural
soils in the Argentinean Rolling Pampas," Climate Research,
Vol. 9, No. 1-2, December 29, pp. 25-30. [ABSTRACT]
Magrin, Graciela O., María I. Travasso, Raúl
A. Díaz, and Rafael O. Rodríguez. 1997. "Vulnerability
of the agricultural systems of Argentina to climate change,"
Climate Research, Vol. 9, No. 1-2, December 29, pp. 31-36.
[ABSTRACT]
Carril, Andrea F., Moira E. Doyle, Vicente R. Barros, and
Mario N. Núñez. 1997. "Impacts of climate
change on the oases of the Argentinean cordillera,"
Climate Research, Vol. 9, No. 1-2, December 29, pp. 121-129.
[ABSTRACT]
Burgos, J. J., S. I. Curto de Casas, R. U. Carcavallo,
I. Galíndez Girón. 1994. "Global climate
change influence in the distribution of some pathogenic
complexes (malaria and Chagas disease) in Argentina,"
Entomologia y Vectores, Vol. 1, pp. 69-78.
Bolivia
Ministry of Sustanaible Development and Planning. 2000.
First National Communication to the UNFCC.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/bolnc1e.pdf
Chile
Government of Chile. 2000. First National Communication
to the Under the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/chinc1.pdf
Colombia
Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios
Ambientales. 2001. Colombia: Primera Comunicación
Nacional ante la Convención Marco de las Naciones
Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/colnc1.pdf
ENGLISH SUMMARY: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/colnc1e.pdf
Costa Rica
Ministerio del Ambiente y Energia. 2000. Primera Comunicacion
Nacional Ante le Conveción Marco de Cambio Climatico.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/cornc1.pdf
Cuba
República de Cuba. 2001. Primera Comunicación
Nacional a la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas
sobre Cambio Climático. http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/cubnc1.pdf.
[English and Spanish]
Centella, Abel, Tomás Gutiérrez, Miriam Limia,
and Roger Rivero Jaspe. 1999. "Climate change scenarios
for impact assessment in Cuba," Climate Research, Vol.
12, No. 2-3, pp. 223-230. [ABSTRACT]
Ecuador
Comité Nacional Sobre el Clima. 2001. Comunicación
Nacional sobre Cambio Climático.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/ecunc1s.pdf
ENGLISH: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/ecunc1.pdf
El Salvador
Republica de El Salvador. 2000. Primera Comunicacion Nacional
sobre Cambio Climático.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/elsnc1.pdf
ENGLISH SUMMARY: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/elsnc1e.pdf
Guatemala
Ministerio de Ambiente y Recursos Naturales. 2001. Primera
Comunicación Nacional sobre Cambio Climático.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/guanc1.pdf
Guyana
Government of Guyana. 2002. Guyana: Initial National Communication
in response to its Commitments to the UNFCCC.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/guync1.pdf
Haiti
Ministrere de l'Environnement. 2001. Premiere Communication
Nationale sur les Changements Climatiques.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/hainc1.pdf
Honduras
Secretaría de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente. 2000.
Primera Comunicación de Honduras a la Convención
Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre Cambio Climático.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/honnc1.pdf
Almendares, J., M. Sierra, Pamela K. Anderson, and Paul
R. Epstein. 1993. "Critical conditions, a profile of
Honduras," The Lancet, Vol. 342, No. 8884, December
4, pp. 1400-1402.
Mexico
Comité Intersecretarial Sobre Cambio Climático.
2001. Segunda Comunicación Nacional ante la Convención
Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/mexnc2.pdf
[in Spanish and English]
Estados Unidos Mexicanos. 1997. México: Primera
Comunicación Nacional Ante la Convención Marco
de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/mexnc1.pdf
ENGLISH: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/mexnc1e.pdf
Magaña, Víctor O., and Cecilia Conde. 2000.
"Climate and Freshwater Resources in Northern Mexico:
Sonora, a Case Study," Environmental Monitoring and
Assessment, Vol. 61, No. 1, March, 167-185. [ABSTRACT]
Villers-Ruíza, Lourdes, and Irma Trejo-Vázquez.
1998. "Climate change on Mexican forests and natural
protected areas," Global Environmental Change, Vol.
8, No. 2, July, pp. 141-157. [ABSTRACT]
Conde, Cecilia, Diana Liverman, Margarita Flores, Rosa
Ferrer, Raquel Araújo, et al. 1998. "Vulnerability
of rainfed maize crops in Mexico to climate change,"
Climate Research, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 17-23. [ABSTRACT]
Villers-Ruiz, Lourdes, and Irma Trejo-Vázquez. 1997.
"Assessment of the vulnerability of forest ecosystems
to climate change in Mexico," Climate Research, Vol.
9, No. 1-2, December 29, pp. 87-93. [ABSTRACT]
Mendoza, Víctor M., Elba E. Villanueva, and Julián
Adem. 1997. "Vulnerability of basins and watersheds
in Mexico to global climate change," Climate Research,
Vol. 9, No. 1-2, December 29, pp. 139-145. [ABSTRACT]
Liverman, Diana M. and Karen L. O'Brien. 1991. "Global
warming and climate change in Mexico," Global Environmental
Change, Vol. 1, No. 5, December, pp. 351-364. [ABSTRACT]
Nicaragua
República de Nicaragua. 2001. Primera Comunicación
Nacional Ante la Convención Marco de las Naciones
Unidas sobre Cambio Climático.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/nicnc1.pdf
Panama
Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente. 2000. Primera Comunicación
Nacional Sombre Cambio Climatico: Panama 2000.
Available at: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/pannc1/index.html
Espinosa, Daly, Abril Méndez, Irina Madrid, and Raúl
Rivera. 1997. "Assessment of climate change impacts
on the water resources of Panama: the case of the La Villa,
Chiriquí and Chagres river basins," Climate
Research, Vol. 9, No. 1-2, December 29, pp. 131-137. [ABSTRACT]
Peru
Government of Peru. 2001. Comunicación Nacional
del Perú a la Convención de Naciones Unidas
sobre Cambio Climático.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/pernc1.pdf
Uruguay
Government of Uruguay. 1997. Initial Communication of Uruguay
under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change.
PDF: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/urunc1e.pdf
IN SPANISH: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/urunc1.pdf
Hareau, Annie, Raúl Hofstadter, and Andrés
Saizar. 1999. "Vulnerability to climate change in Uruguay:
potential impacts on the agricultural and coastal resource
sectors and response capabilities," Climate Research,
Vol. 12, No. 2-3, pp. 185-193. [ABSTRACT]
Panario, Daniel, and Mario Bidegain. 1997. "Climate
change effects on grasslands in Uruguay," Climate Research,
Vol. 9, No. 1-2, December 29, pp. 37-40. [ABSTRACT]
Víctora, Carlos, Aarón Kacevas, and Héctor
Fiori. 1997. "Soil vulnerability in Uruguay: potential
effects of an increase in erosive rainfall on soil loss,"
Climate Research, Vol. 9, No. 1-2, December 29, pp. 41-46.
[ABSTRACT]
Saizar, Andrés. 1997. "Assessment of impacts
of a potential sea-level rise on the coast of Montevideo,
Uruguay," Climate Research, Vol. 9, No. 1-2, December
29, pp. 73-79. [ABSTRACT]
Lorenzo, Eugenio, and Luis Teixeira. 1997. "Sensitivity
of storm waves in Montevideo (Uruguay) to a hypothetical
climate change," Climate Research, Vol. 9, No. 1-2,
December 29, pp. 81-85. [ABSTRACT]
Venezuela
de Lourdes Olivo, María. 1997. "Assessment
of the vulnerability of Venezuela to sea-level rise,"
Climate Research, Vol. 9, No. 1-2, December 29, pp. 57-65.
[ABSTRACT]
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