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Emissions target

10/12/2020 Go to Evidence

169.44 million t CO2 eq is the emissions target for Colombia in 2030, with a 51% reduction compared to the reference scenario, towards carbon neutrality (Government of Colombia, 2020).

Gobierno de Colombia (2020). ACTUALIZACIÓN NDC COLOMBIA - 2020. Actualización de la Contribución Determinada a Nivel Nacional de Colombia (NDC).

Emission limit

14/04/2020 Go to Evidence

1,100 MtCO₂eq is Chile's emissions limit between 2020-2030, with a peak in 2025 and 95 MtCO₂eq in 2030, in addition to reducing black carbon by 25% (Sánchez Molina, 2020).

Sánchez Molina, P. (14 de abril de 2020). Chile es el primer país de América Latina en entregar la actualización de su compromiso de reducción de emisiones y medidas para enfrentar el cambio climático. PV Magazine

Sánchez Molina, P. (14 de abril de 2020). Chile es el primer país de América Latina en entregar la actualización de su compromiso de reducción de emisiones y medidas para enfrentar el cambio climático. PV Magazine

Perceptions of climate change in Guatemala

01/05/2019 Go to Evidence

In two climate-vulnerable regions of Guatemala, 95 % of farmers perceive climate change; 81 % report production impacts, but only 41 % have adapted—mainly via tree planting (Viguera et al., 2019).

Bárbara Viguera, Francisco Alpízar, Celia A. Harvey, M. Ruth, Martínez-Rodríguez, Milagro Saborío-Rodríguez, Lucía Contreras

Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE) Conservation International, Moore Center for Science Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA), Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe, Unidad de Cambio Climático Universidad de Costa Rica, Escuela de Economía e Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Económicas University of Sussex, School of Business, Department of Management and Economics

Mitigation needs

04/02/2019 Go to Evidence

474 billion will be needed by developing countries for mitigation and adaptation by 2030, according to commitments in 2016 NDCs (Kissinger et al., 2019).

Kissinger G., Gupta A., Mulder I., Unterstell N. (2019). Climate financing needs in the land sector under the Paris Agreement: An assessment of developing country perspectives. Land Use Policy, Volumen 83, 2019, Páginas 256-269, ISSN 0264-8377.

Agroforestry: 312 t C/ha

01/12/2018

312.1 t/ha was the mean soil carbon stock under agroforestry, the highest among the land uses assessed in Tula-Jana, Doyogena, Ethiopia.

Tadesse et al. (2018)

Tadesse, M., Simane, B., Ambaw, G., Recha, J., Abera, W., Tamene, L., Demeke, G., Mekonnen, K., Radeny, M., & Solomon, D. (2018). Building soil carbon stocks to enhance adaptation and mitigate climate change in climate-smart landscapes, Southern Ethiopia: Preliminary results from climate-smart agriculture practices in Doyogena district. CCAFS Info Note. Documento adjunto suministrado por el usuario.

CSA cropland: 229 t C/ha

01/12/2018

229.4 t/ha was the soil carbon stock in cropland under CSA practices, the second-highest value among the land uses assessed.

Tadesse et al. (2018)

Tadesse, M., Simane, B., Ambaw, G., Recha, J., Abera, W., Tamene, L., Demeke, G., Mekonnen, K., Radeny, M., & Solomon, D. (2018). Building soil carbon stocks to enhance adaptation and mitigate climate change in climate-smart landscapes, Southern Ethiopia: Preliminary results from climate-smart agriculture practices in Doyogena district. CCAFS Info Note. Documento adjunto suministrado por el usuario.

Ten years of CSA: 229 t C/ha

01/12/2018

229.4 t/ha was the soil carbon stock observed after ten years of CSA practices in cropland, with values higher than business-as-usual management.

Tadesse et al. (2018)

Tadesse, M., Simane, B., Ambaw, G., Recha, J., Abera, W., Tamene, L., Demeke, G., Mekonnen, K., Radeny, M., & Solomon, D. (2018). Building soil carbon stocks to enhance adaptation and mitigate climate change in climate-smart landscapes, Southern Ethiopia: Preliminary results from climate-smart agriculture practices in Doyogena district. CCAFS Info Note. Documento adjunto suministrado por el usuario.

Land and maritime security in LAC

11/12/2016 Go to Evidence

20.3% of the terrestrial and marine area of Latin America and the Caribbean is protected (UNEP, 2016).

20,3% del área terrestre y marítima de América Latina y el Caribe está protegida (PNUMA, 2016)

PNUMA, 2016. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT OUTLOOK LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN