Climate change politics in latin america and the caribbean

Translated title of the contribution: La política del cambio climático en América Latina y el Caribe

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Abstract

What is the role of the Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) countries in the global governance of climate change? Are they contributing to the intensification of the climate crisis or mitigating it? To answer these questions, we must examine these countries’ participation in international climate negotiations, the path of their domestic climate policies, and the trajectory of their greenhouse gas emissions. The LAC region is a moderate conservative actor in climate governance because it is not a major emitter (8% of the world total) and its average level of per capita emissions is slightly lower than the world’s average. However, the diverse climate policy experiences in the LAC region have not been able to significantly reduce emissions or change the path of development toward a low emission future. In the international realm, the region has failed to meaningfully cooperate in the United Nations climate change negotiations or incorporate climate change into their regional integration initiatives.
Translated title of the contributionLa política del cambio climático en América Latina y el Caribe
Original languageSpanish (Colombia)
JournalOxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics
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StatePublished - Jan 2021

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