Ideas for Development in the Americas (IDEA): Volume 31: May-August, 2013: Climate and Development

This issue of IDEA covers some of the IDB's recent research on climate change, including efforts on both the mitigation and adaptation fronts. That research includes both surprising findings and an underlying understanding that the region's development must take into account -and will in many ways be shaped by- how it deals with this unique and inescapable issue. This issue of IDEA covers some of the IDB¿s recent research on climate change, including efforts on both the mitigation and adaptation fronts. That research includes both surprising findings and an underlying understanding that the region¿s development must take into account -and will in many ways be shaped by- how it deals with this unique and inescapable issue.;Este número de IDEA trata algunas de las recientes investigaciones del BID sobre el cambio climático, incluyendo los esfuerzos tanto en el frente de la mitigación como de la adaptación. Esa investigación contiene a la vez sorprendentes conclusiones y un entendimiento subyacente de que el desarrollo de la región debe pensar en cómo lidiar con este problema único e ineludible, sabiendo que en muchos sentidos será modelada por la solución que le dé.