Forests in Latin America and the Caribbean.

23% of the world’s forests and 60% of global biodiversity are located in Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighting the region’s strategic importance for ecosystem and biodiversity conservation. This significant share also reflects the critical role of LAC in providing essential ecosystem services and in supporting global efforts to address environmental degradation and climate change (World Resources Institute, 2024)

World Resources Institute, 2024

Emissions from land use in LAC.

58% of greenhouse gas emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean originate from land use, land-use change, and the forestry sector, highlighting the significant weight of these activities in the region’s climate dynamics and the urgent need to strengthen mitigation efforts (World Resources Institute, 2024).

World Resources Institute, 2024

Forest cover loss in LAC

7% of forest cover was lost between 1990 and 2020 in Latin America and the Caribbean, equivalent to 138 million hectares, highlighting the scale of landscape degradation in the region and the urgency of advancing large-scale restoration and conservation efforts (World Resources Institute, 2024).

World Resources Institute, 2024

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 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).

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).

PAI focused on investment attraction

1.2% of the 497 productive articulation initiatives (PAI) (same 20 countries; 2023–2025) report investment attraction as a strategic focus (ECLAC, 2025).

Investment in sustainable agriculture

400 million Trinidadian dollars have been spent to date from the Green Fund on conservation and reforestation projects that benefit the agricultural sector (Govia & Roopnarine, 2024).

400 millones de dólares trinitenses se han gastado hasta la fecha del Fondo Verde en proyectos de conservación y reforestación que benefician al sector agrícola (Govia & Roopnarine, 2024).

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Evidence detail

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ifad_investinruralpeople-activity-7247607298104213505-M0R-?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

R&D

0.65% of GDP, investment in research and development in Latin America has remained stagnant, representing only 2.3% of the world total (IDB, 2024).

En alrededor de 0,65% del PIB se ha mantenido estancada la inversión en investigación y desarrollo en los países de América Latina, representando apenas un 2.3% del total mundial. (BID, 2024)

BID.2024. Impulsando políticas industriales verdes en América Latina y el Caribe para un futuro sostenible