Latin America 4 degrees warmer? Not cool!


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The Amazon in peril






Green is the answer

Latin American countries are already adopting measures to weather, pardon the pun, the impacts of climate change, as a recent report on green and inclusive growth notes.




  • Infrastructure capable of withstanding these new climate “extremes”
  • Seed banks to conserve critical crop, tree, livestock germplasm for future adaptive breeding programs
  • Landscapes redesigned and managed to deal with multiple threats
  • Social safety nets improved for vulnerable groups
  • Proactive disaster risk management and insurance systems to allow rebound from catastrophic damages
  • Information systems and decision support systems for decision makers
  • Weather & climate monitoring and services to multiple sector clients
  • Early-warning alert systems and emergency response plans
  • Systematic regional climate change and impact assessments  




Erick Fernandes

Adviser, Agriculture & Rural Development, World Bank

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Jorge R. Muñoz
December 05, 2012

Everything in your article is "could"...!!! Why, because nobody knows for sure whether it "could" happen or not. It's funny that the United Nations wants to tax the whole world so it can better prepared for these "catastrophes".

The ocean levels are rising? I don't think so. The ice melts and it's causing this? I don't think so. Take ice cubes in a glass of water, the level of the water in the glass is one and even if the ice melts, the level remains the same. Are you kidding me?

The earth is going through some natural changes and you are trying to scare people into believing that man is the one causing all of this.

If you look throughout history, the earth's climate has been up and down. It withstood two atomic bombs in Japan. It absorbed the radiation because that's the way God created His world, not ours.

Yes, we should protect it against man made disasters, but climate change is not one of them.

Even your so called "scientists" are being paid off (emails uncovered) to say that this is true.

See, governments throughout the world are looking for ways to tax their people more and more so that they don't have to work for it, specially socialist governments that take from the producers to give to the non-producers, as it is happening unfortunately in the United States of America because of the administration we have in power at this time, that was voted in by the non-producers so that they can continue to receive gifts and entitlements.

How can you win against Santa Claus. Check it out, they need more money to continue being in power so that they can continue taking it from the producers (not the rich) and giving it to the non-producers (not the poor).

This system does not work, it has never worked; just take a look at Cuba, Venezuela, the old Soviet Union, North Korea and all of the suppressive governments around the world that want and need to do this.

Climate change is a farce...!!!!

Have a good and warm day...!