Climate Change and Consumption Patterns in Latin America: The Urgency of a Structural Transformation
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• Climate change obstructs Latin America's development, affecting the economy, society, and the environment. A substantial investment is needed for the 2050-2070 deep decarbonization process. • Latin America's unsustainable development in the last five decades has boosted consumption, employment, and poverty reduction but falls short in addressing chronic poverty and high-income concentration. This undermines economic dynamics and exposes society to climate change impacts. • A just climate transition requires changes in consumption patterns, investment in sustainable infrastructure, and the establishment of a universal, high-quality social protection system. • Achieving a carbon-neutral economy demands a new global economic paradigm, not just sector-specific mitigation processes. Developing a forward-looking global economic vision for the 21st century is imperative.
@unpublished{doi:10.17170/kobra-202402129566,
author ={Miguel Galindo, Luis},
title ={Climate Change and Consumption Patterns in Latin America: The Urgency of a Structural Transformation},
keywords ={300 and 330 and Lateinamerika and Klimaänderung and Verbraucherverhalten and Emissionsverringerung and Nachhaltigkeit and Soziale Gerechtigkeit and Energiewende},
copyright ={http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/},
language ={en},
year ={2024-02}
}