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Climate Change; a Latin American and Caribbean Perspective. Joseluis Samaniego Chief Sustainable Development Division UN Economic Commission for LAC 1 Characteristics of LAC • No decoupling (in general) between growth and emissions. • “Sinks” are a source (ag., cattle,). • Very vulnerable to natural disasters. • most of the population (75 %) is urbanized (therefore popular housing, waste, wastewater, air quality and transport are of high concern). • Good institutions, including development financial institutions: BNDES, NAFIN, CAF, BCIE,CORFO, etc. 2 Emissions Intensities per GDP (red) and per capita (blue). Energy Intentsity: barrels of oil/US of 2000. . Total consumption of energy (in thousands of barrels of oil equivalent) for each million dollars of GDP (in constant 2000 prices) SENDERO DE EMISIONES (Kg. CO2/ US$ a precios de 2000; Kg. CO2 /Hab.) 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 energy intensity 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 19 80 19 82 19 84 19 86 19 88 19 90 19 92 19 94 19 96 19 98 20 00 20 02 20 04 k barrels/k GDP 1.9 years 3 LAC’s emissions (per supply unit of primary energy). EM ISIONES DE CO2 POR UNIDAD DE OFERTA TOTAL DE ENERGIA PRIM ARIA 2.8 2.6 2.4 (t CO2/ TEP) 2.2 2 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 1 World OECD Middle East Former URSS Non-OECD Europe China Asia Latin America Af rica LAC’s emmissions per capita. 12 10 (t CO2/Hab.) 8 6 4 2 0 World OECD Middle East Former URSS Non-OECD Europe China A sia Source: ECLAC with IEA Key World Energy Statistics, 2006. Latin A merica A f rica 4 Giga tonnes of CO2 eq. Non Anex I GHG emissions by Regions according to their inventories for 1994 10 8 6 Energy 4 LULUCF 2 Total 0 -2 Africa Asia and the Pacific Latin America and the Caribbean Evolution of Hydro-Meteorologic Disasters in the LAC Region Number of events 500 400 Centra Americal 300 Sud Americar 200 The Caribbean Total 100 5 0 80-89 90-99 00-07 Changes in land-use have continued: 1990-2005 • Forest cover is down by 68,7 millon hectares • Agriculture is up by 26,5 millon has: of which, 13,8 million are permanent pastures and 12,7 million is arable lands and 42,2 million are temporary grasslands. • Cattle grew by 68,1 million • Soja grew by 22,4 million hectares Source: FAO 2007. 6 Land Use Change in LAC A.LATINA Y CARIBE: CAMBIOS EN EL USO DEL SUELO Miles de hectáreas 1200000 Bosques 1000000 800000 Area agrícola 600000 400000 Praderas y pastos permanentes 200000 ALC: tierras arables y cultivos permanentes 0 1990 1995 2000 2005 Source: FAO 2007 7 Forest loss is twice as fast than in the rest of the World Surface (1000 hectares) Annual Change Change (%) (1000 Hectares) 1990 2005 1990-2005 1990-2005 Caribbean 5.350 5.974 624 0.74 México 69.016 64.238 -4.778 -0.48 Centralam. 27.639 22.411 -5.228 -1.39 Southam. 890.818 831.540 -59.278 -0.46 LAC 992.823 924.163 -68.660 -0.48 -3.682.066 -0.21 World 4.077.291 3.952.025 8 What do broad development-climate change related LAC priorities seem to be? • Energy security: – Reducing demand through energy efficiency in electricity consumption and in liquid fuels use (vehicles). – Securing supply (gas and hidro may grow very slowly vis a vis other sources. Somer renewables). • Protecting the forests: REDD (incentives to arrest land use change) • Agricultural production: Reduce soils degradation. • Urban environmental quality: Improved sanitation services; water treatment (MDGs) and landfills to recover methane. • Economic security: Estimating the economic impacts of climate change ranging from the primary sector to public finance. • Socio-economic security: Preparing for more extreme weather events. • Scaling up to “programs” involving national and reginal financial institutions. • Regional coordination to protect competitiveness while making progress on environmental issues (investment criteria, efficiency 9 standards, etc.) Where LAC could benefit more from the CC process. • Making make progres in – – – – – Rewarding net cleaner fuels like ethanol Incentivizing forest and soils conservation Rewarding the reorganization of mass transit systems Support financially important national shifs in policies. Enhancing carbon markets for a more meaningful contribution of the region to global efforts . – Facilitating access to better energy technologies (IPR, prices, funding mechanisms, etc.) 10 ECLAC’s work for 2008-2009 • Support REDD: – research (opportunity costs, activity change), – regional and extrarregional meetings. • Support valuation of economic Impacts of CC (Mexico, Central America: income and fiscal implications). • Exploration of mitigation “Programs” (partners: Milan, Energeias, BMZ-GTZ) : – Urban: methane recovery, – Rural: cogeneration in sugar mills. • Facilitate regional disscussions (further steps like Bali POA and Club de Madrid doc.) • Discuss on Market Mecanisms Evolution (expanding scopes). • Asess energy trends. • Carry out disaster valuation. • Study trade and CC relations. 11 Thank you for your attention. [email protected] Chief. Sust. Dev. Division Economic Commission for LAC 12