Does predicted global warming imply more hunger in the future of Latin America? Climate projections prepared by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are briefly presented, along with an analysis of existing estimates of their probable impact on agriculture and food...

This monograph reviews evidence on probable impacts of climate change on agricultural production and food security in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) up to year 2100, based on the IPCC climate projections (though discussing some of their limitations) and the best impact estimates...

The future of the Amazon rainforest is a matter of much concern worldwide. On the one hand, climate change has been said to threaten the forest via possibly increased drought, prompting fires and fragmentation, accelerated by man-made deforestation. On the other hand, the Amazon forest itself is...