Abstract: Society, Environment, Vulnerability, and Climate Change in Latin America: Challenges of the Twenty-first Century by Jorge Rojas Hernández

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Society, Environment, Vulnerability, and Climate Change in Latin America: Challenges of the Twenty-first Century 
by Jorge Rojas Hernández

Historically, Latin American social development has been diverse and heterogeneous. It depends on the use of natural resources (with greater or less added value and productive diversity), the influence of social movements, the role of political parties, the level of education, and the prevailing culture. Inequality and social exclusion are still prevalent in most Latin American countries. Poverty and environmental deterioration tend to be correlated. Therefore strategies for mitigation of and adaptation to climate change must consider measures for overcoming poverty and reducing inequality.

Abstract, Climate Change in Latin America: Inequality, Conflict, and Social Movements of Adaptation by Andrea Santelices Spikin and Jorge Rojas Hernández

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Climate Change in Latin America:  Inequality, Conflict, and Social Movements of Adaptation 
by Andrea Santelices Spikin and Jorge Rojas Hernández

Climate change is the gravest and most complex problem impacting the planet and its people in the twenty-first century. For thousands of years the Earth’s temperature has remained within a range that makes human life possible in a biodiverse ecosystem of interdependent species. Since the dawn of the industrial era we have seen increasing alteration in temperatures as a consequence of global warming, provoked by increasing carbon dioxide emissions from the fossil energy usage that has characterized the so-called Anthropocene Era. We have gone from an atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration of 280 parts per million in the preindustrial era (reference year 1750) to around 400 parts per million in 2015, and that has produced an increase in mean temperature.

Abstract, Society, Environment, Vulnerability, and Climate Change in Latin America Challenges of the Twenty-first Century by Jorge Rojas Hernández

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Society, Environment, Vulnerability, and Climate Change in Latin America: Challenges of the Twenty-first Century 
by Jorge Rojas Hernández

Historically, Latin American social development has been diverse and heterogeneous. It depends on the use of natural resources (with greater or less added value and productive diversity), the influence of social movements, the role of political parties, the level of education, and the prevailing culture. Inequality and social exclusion are still prevalent in most Latin American countries. Poverty and environmental deterioration tend to be correlated. Therefore strategies for mitigation of and adaptation to climate change must consider measures for overcoming poverty and reducing inequality.

Abstract: Climate Change in Latin America: Inequality, Conflict, and Social Movements of Adaptation by Andrea Santelices Spikin and Jorge Rojas Hernández

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Climate Change in Latin America:  Inequality, Conflict, and Social Movements of Adaptation 
by Andrea Santelices Spikin and Jorge Rojas Hernández

Climate change is the gravest and most complex problem impacting the planet and its people in the twenty-first century. For thousands of years the Earth’s temperature has remained within a range that makes human life possible in a biodiverse ecosystem of interdependent species. Since the dawn of the industrial era we have seen increasing alteration in temperatures as a consequence of global warming, provoked by increasing carbon dioxide emissions from the fossil energy usage that has characterized the so-called Anthropocene Era. We have gone from an atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration of 280 parts per million in the preindustrial era (reference year 1750) to around 400 parts per million in 2015, and that has produced an increase in mean temperature.