Grupos Económicos Centroamericanos y Cambio climático: Entre las (RE)- Autoregulaciones y la competitividad en una región de alta vulnerabilidad

 

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Authors: López R., Alexander, Valverde Chaves, Jeannette
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publication Date:2014
Description:According to the United Nations FrameworkConvention on Climate Change,this phenomenon is defined aschanges to the global climate system directlyor indirectly attributable to humanactivity that interact with natural climatevariability as observed during comparabletime periods. In Central Americathe increased occurrence and intensityof drought, flooding, forest fires and hurricanesas a result of global warminghave caused astronomical losses insectors like agriculture and tourism. Inthis context, the present article attemptsto respond to the following questions:Why is climate change important to theagendas of economic groups? How doesa climate change impact the economy?How have Central American economicgroups responded to increased vulnerabilityto the effects of climate changeat the national and regional levels?And finally, what best practices has theregion´s business sector developed toconfront the process of climate change?
Country:Portal de Revistas UNA
Institution:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Language:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/6660
Online Access:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ri/article/view/6660
Keyword:climate change
economic groups
environment
Central America
transnationalization.
cambio climático
grupos económicos
ambiente
Centroamérica
transnacionalización