IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN LATIN AMERICA

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
SPANISH

Hulme, Mike and Nicola Sheard. 1999. Escenarios de Cambio Climático para Argentina. Climatic Research Unit at University of East Anglia: Norwich, UK.
PDF in English

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

Chile

Government of Chile. 2000. First National Communication to the Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. 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 ENGLISH SUMMARY

Costa Rica

Ministerio del Ambiente y Energia. 2000. Primera Comunicacion Nacional Ante le Conveción Marco de Cambio Climatico. PDF

Cuba

República de Cuba. 2001. Primera Comunicación Nacional a la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre Cambio Climático. . PDF [In 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 ENGLISH

El Salvador

Republica de El Salvador. 2000. Primera Comunicacion Nacional sobre Cambio Climático. PDF ENGLISH SUMMARY

Guatemala

Ministerio de Ambiente y Recursos Naturales. 2001. Primera Comunicación Nacional sobre Cambio Climático. PDF

Guyana

Government of Guyana. 2002. Guyana: Initial National Communication in response to its Commitments to the UNFCCC. PDF

Haiti

Ministrere de l'Environnement. 2001. Premiere Communication Nationale sur les Changements Climatiques. 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

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: [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 ENGLISH

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

Panama

Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente. 2000. Primera Comunicación Nacional Sombre Cambio Climatico: Panama 2000.
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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

Uruguay

Government of Uruguay. 1997. Initial Communication of Uruguay under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. PDF IN SPANISH

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]