Climate Change Adaptation in Latin America

Professor Walter Leal Filho (BSc, PhD, DSc, DPhil, DL, DLitt, DEd) is a Senior Professor and Head of the Research and Transfer Centre "Applications of Life Sciences" at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany and at Manchester Metropolitan University. He has in excess of 250 publications to his credit, among which ground-breaking books such as "Handbook of Climate Change Management" and others. He teaches on information, education, communication on climate change at various European universities. He has over 20 years of research experience and has a particular interest on the connections between climate and human behavior. Professor Leonardo Estevas de Freitas is a researcher at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Rio de Janeiro, and a lecturer at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He specializes on geoecology and biodiversity conservation.

Preface.- Part I: Climate Change and Ecosystems.- Part II: Socio-Economic Aspects of Climate Change Adaptation.