This article has the challenging goal of presenting an overview of climate change in LAC. Obviously it is impossible to cover here the entire region and its position on a subject of such complexity. Therefore, this work focus on general trends perceived in the region, and highlights the Brazilian and Mexican circumstances as the largest GHG emitters in LAC. Some topics were chosen as priority to better understand the regional scenario, highlighting LAC´s vulnerability and the importance of adaptation and funding measures. Citizen awareness on the issue and the manifested political response are also matters of interest in this work, as well as the current advances in multilateral negotiations and the regional integration on energy.
After analyzing the regional outlook regarding climate change, there was an effort to check key aspects of the discussion and to
elaborate policy recommendations for the advancement of the struggle against this global challenge in the region.
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This article was originally published in Portuguese in Cadernos Adenauer 2/2016 - Mudanças climáticas: o desafio do século (Climate change: the challenge of the century).
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