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37 million people suffer from hunger in countries with high exposure to climate events in LAC, compared to 3 million in countries with low exposure (FAO et al., 2025).
FAO et al., 2025
FAO, FIDA, OPS, PMA y UNICEF. 2025. América Latina y el Caribe. Panorama Regional de la Seguridad Alimentaria y la Nutrición 2024: Fomentando la resiliencia frente a la variabilidad del clima y los eventos climáticos extremos para la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición. Santiago.
30% is the GHG reduction that Peru has committed to achieve by 2030, taking 2010 as a baseline (Beverinotti, J et al., 2023).
(Beverinotti, J et al., 2023)
Beverinotti, J., García, P. M., Gonzalez Saldarriaga, S., y Grosman, N. (2023). Cadenas de valor sustentables: oportunidades y desafíos de integración productiva y descarbonización en Colombia, Perú y Ecuador. https://doi.org/10.18235/0005291
0.9 °C in 2040 and 2.4 °C by the end of the century is the projected temperature increase for Colombia, with more droughts and extreme rains (Beverinotti, J et al., 2023).
(Beverinotti, J et al., 2023)
Beverinotti, J., García, P. M., Gonzalez Saldarriaga, S., y Grosman, N. (2023). Cadenas de valor sustentables: oportunidades y desafíos de integración productiva y descarbonización en Colombia, Perú y Ecuador. https://doi.org/10.18235/0005291
Droughts have increased by 29% and flood disasters by 134% since 2000, affecting essential water infrastructure (WRI, 2025).
WRI (2025)
WRI (2025). Thinking Beyond the Borehole: Safe Water Supplies Begin with Healthy Watersheds
USD 93 billion cost the sub-regional Caribbean the 2017 hurricane season, including USD 13 billion for Cuba and USD 68 billion for Puerto Rico (ECLAC, 2024).
CEPAL, 2024
M. Williams and A. Constable, “Climate change financing in the Caribbean: an analysis from a gender perspective”, Gender Affairs Series, No. 165 (LC/TS.2024/104), Santiago, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), 2024
More than 200 hurricanes that occurred between 1950 and 2014 cost the Caribbean islands an annual average of 2.5% of GDP (ECLAC, 2024).
CEPAL, 2024
M. Williams and A. Constable, “Climate change financing in the Caribbean: an analysis from a gender perspective”, Gender Affairs Series, No. 165 (LC/TS.2024/104), Santiago, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), 2024
USD 632 billion were recorded in global climate financing (ECLAC, 2024).
CEPAL, 2024
M. Williams and A. Constable, “Climate change financing in the Caribbean: an analysis from a gender perspective”, Gender Affairs Series, No. 165 (LC/TS.2024/104), Santiago, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), 2024
23,000 million colones in coffee and 1,982 million in rice is the economic impact of the recent rains in Costa Rica (La Nación, 2024).
(La Nación, 2024)
La Nación (2024, noviembre 21). Lluvias causaron daños por ¢23.000 millones en café y ¢1.982 millones en arroz. https://www.nacion.com/economia/agro/lluvias-causaron-danos-por-23000-millones-en-cafe/AX2E7YCHUBFH5G66DAEDU524XY/story/
8% of GDP is the estimated annual loss for Latin America and the Caribbean with a temperature increase of 1.5 °C (ECLAC, 2024).
CEPAL (2024)
CEPAL, América Latina y el Caribe ante las trampas del desarrollo: transformaciones indispensables y cómo gestionarlas (LC/SES.40/3-P/-*), Santiago, 2024
17 of the 33 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean show high vulnerability to extreme weather events (ECLAC, 2024).
CEPAL (2024)
CEPAL, América Latina y el Caribe ante las trampas del desarrollo: transformaciones indispensables y cómo gestionarlas (LC/SES.40/3-P/-*), Santiago, 2024
