Climate change is a very serious environmental challenge that affects prospects for sustainable development. Since the Industrial Revolution, the mean surface temperature of Earth has increased an average of one degree Celsius per century mainly due to the accumulation of greenhouse gases (CHGs) in the atmosphere. Furthermore, most of this change has occurred in the past 30 to 40 years, and the rate of increase is accelerating. A change of this magnitude...
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2006/11/01
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Responding to climate change : an action plan for the World Bank in Latin America and the Caribbean
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impact from climate change