Based on vulnerability and consumption indicators related to past and future global warming, the LAC region can be placed close to the world’s average indicating lower vulnerability within non-Annex 1 countries’ average. Estimated damages due to warming by the 2050s vary from ?1.3% to 7% of GDP, suggesting that the impacts of projected climate changes are important enough to be taken into account in planning initiatives. Thus, actual average yearly costs could reach up to ?0.7% of GDP. However, only 19% of the climate-related damage costs have been quantified for the period 2000-2005 accounting for 0.15% of GDP. The Region’s economy is strongly dependent on natural resources linked to climate, and patterns of income distribution and environmental degradation are a constraint for adaptation and exacerbate the impacts for specific sub-regions, countries and populations. Countries in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) are significantly affected by adverse consequences from climate variability and extremes, particularly the ENSO events.
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