Green growth

CAF will allocate USD 40 billion over the next five years to boost green growth (CAF, 2025).

CAF, 2025

CAF (2025). 11 grandes noticias de CAF en el marco de LA COP30 .

Resilience Bonus

USD 100 million was issued by CAF in the first resilience bond for Latin America and the Caribbean, with support from UNDRR (CAF, 2025).

CAF, 2025

CAF (2025). 11 grandes noticias de CAF en el marco de LA COP30 .

Debt Swap

The IDB, CAF and the CDB launched a debt swap initiative at COP30 to strengthen resilience in the Caribbean without increasing public debt (CAF, 2025).

CAF, 2025

CAF (2025). 11 grandes noticias de CAF en el marco de LA COP30 .

BiodiverCities Network

$12 million will be allocated by CAF and the Adaptation Fund to support local governments of the BiodiverCities Network in climate adaptation (CAF, 2025).

CAF, 2025

CAF (2025). 11 grandes noticias de CAF en el marco de LA COP30 .

Climate equivalent annual investment required

3.7% to 4.9% of regional GDP is the estimated average annual equivalent of climate investment through 2030 in LAC (ECLAC, 2025).

3,7% a 4,9% del PIB regional es el equivalente anual promedio de la inversión climática estimada hasta 2030 en ALC, según el informe (CEPAL, 2025).

Climate investment required

US$2.1 to US$2.8 trillion is the estimated range of cumulative investment through 2030 in LAC to meet climate commitments, per the report (ECLAC, 2025).

2,1 a 2,8 billones de dólares es el rango de inversión acumulada estimada hasta 2030 en ALC para cumplir compromisos climáticos, según el informe (CEPAL, 2025).

Ceiling on productivity gains from “closing gaps”

12% would be the region’s productivity increase even if it reached the reported reference levels (ECLAC, 2025).

El 12% sería el incremento de productividad de la región incluso si alcanzara determinados niveles de referencia (según el análisis reportado) (CEPAL, 2025).

Carbon credits

More than $85 million in carbon credits have been mobilized in Costa Rica since 2021, highlighting the role of agriculture and bioenergy (Bolsa Nacional de Valores, 2023).

Bolsa Nacional de Valores, 2023

Bolsa Nacional de Valores. (2023). Reporte anual de transacciones en mercados ambientales. Costa Rica

Cost of green hydrogen

2.50/kg would cost green hydrogen in Paraguay by 2030, consolidating its advantage over the regional average of $3.80/kg (IDB Invest, 2023).

BID Invest, 2023

BID Invest. (2023). ATOME: First green hydrogen & fertilizer export project in Paraguay. https://idbinvest.org/en/projects/atome-first-green-hydrogen-fertilizer-export-project-paraguay

Food prices

Up to 15 % could increase food prices by 2030 without land-use planning in biofuels, affecting the most vulnerable (Nature Food, 2023).

Nature Food, 2023

Nature Food. (2023). Global food security implications of bioenergy expansion. Vol 4, 112-125