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USD 1.48 billion, equivalent to 6% of total aid, was allocated to the Caribbean (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
48% of climate finance in the Caribbean was directed to mitigation activities, 32% to adaptation, and 20% to both (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 27.6 million committed by the GCF to strengthen the resilience of the water sector in Barbados in collaboration with the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (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
Nearly USD 100 million was provided by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) through 3 direct access entities in the region: the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, the Department of Environment of Antigua and Barbuda, and the Caribbean Development Bank (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
Of the USD 24.8 billion in development financing flows to 15 Caribbean countries, USD 1.48 billion (6%) were mainly related to climate change, while USD 699 million were activities with climate co-benefits (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
65% increased financing for adaptation, from an annual average of USD 30 billion in 2017-2018 to USD 49 billion in 2019-2020 (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/
43% of GHG emissions in 2021 came from agriculture, a lower percentage than in 2000, but still high compared to the OECD average (OECD, 2024).
OECD (2024), Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2024: Innovation for Sustainable Productivity Growth, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/74da57ed-en
349 MtCO2eq is the net emissions limit to which Argentina has committed itself by 2030, representing a 19% decrease compared to the peak reached in 2007 (OECD, 2024).
OECD (2024), Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2024: Innovation for Sustainable Productivity Growth, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/74da57ed-en
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