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Título:
EVALUATION OF ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION POLICIES TO CLIMATE CHANGE.THE CASE OF ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL: THE BORDER TRANSFER OF AGRICULTURAL AND BIOFUELS
Lugar:
Río de Janeiro
Reunión:
Conferencia; ISEE2012 CONFERENCE ? ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS AND RIO+20: CHALLENGES AND CONTRIBUTIONS FOR A GREEN ECONOMY; 2013
Institución organizadora:
International Society for Ecological Economy
Resumen:
The recognition of the climate change process has forced the states to impose mitigation and adaptation measures, but economic and social impacts have not been properly assessed for the purpose of selecting those more efficient. The study of adaptation necessary to analyze the actions that correspond to the immediate future, on which there is scientific uncertainty, for example, the transfer of the agricultural frontier, autonomic changes, tested reactive in nature in many Latin American countries, especially Argentina and Brazil, which produced great economic benefits to some groups and environmental damage to society by destroying natural ecosystems and cause deforestation. Adaptation policy covers water policy, land use and health, on which progress in the region has not been significant. An additional problem stems from the lack sanitation titles, a fact that leads to conflicts and social problems not easily solved. In terms of mitigation policies, work on three levels: the normative, referring especially to biofuels, forest protection and promotion of afforestation, on the other hand, programs and projects for technological upgrading and finally clean technologies, the change in the lifestyle of individuals through environmental education