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Sanitation services

10/02/2025 Go to Evidence

More than half of the world's population lacks adequate sanitation services (WRI, 2025).

WRI (2025)

WRI (2025). Thinking Beyond the Borehole: Safe Water Supplies Begin with Healthy Watersheds

Access to drinking water

10/02/2025 Go to Evidence

One in three people in the world, or more than 2.2 billion, still lack access to safe drinking wáter (WRI, 2025).

WRI (2025)

WRI (2025). Thinking Beyond the Borehole: Safe Water Supplies Begin with Healthy Watersheds.

Droughts and floods

10/02/2025 Go to Evidence

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

Artisanal biopreparations in agriculture

16/01/2025 Go to Evidence

The study analyzes advances and trends in the use of artisanal biopreparations in Latin American agriculture, made with natural ingredients and native microorganisms as an alternative to conventional agrochemicals. Through a bibliometric analysis, it identifies the leading countries in research (Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, and Mexico), the main types of biopreparations, such as Bokashi, and the crops where they are applied. The study highlights the need to strengthen applied research, knowledge dissemination, and collaboration between scientists and farmers to expand the adoption of sustainable agroecological practices.

Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria – Agrosavia. Centro de Investigación Tibaitatá. Mosquera, Colombia.

Santos-Díaz, A. M., Uribe-Gutiérrez, L. A., Quiroga-Cubides, G. M., Camelo-Rusinque, M., Martínez-Lemus, E. P., & Zuluaga, M. V. (2025). Biopreparados en la agricultura latinoamericana: Avances y tendencias. Siembra, 12(1).

"Gender equality" funds

04/12/2024 Go to Evidence

Only 1% of "gender equality" funds from governments go to women's organizations (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

Caribbean Resilience Fund

04/12/2024 Go to Evidence

49% government ownership and 51% private sector ownership is projected in the Caribbean Resilience Fund as a trust fund and public-private partnership (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

Environmental Philanthropy

04/12/2024 Go to Evidence

3% of environmental philanthropy only supports women's environmental activism, according to the Gender Equality Action Coalition for Climate Justice (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

Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience

04/12/2024 Go to Evidence

$1.2 billion has been allocated in Climate Finance for the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience to support developing countries and regions in strengthening their adaptation capacity and resilience to climate change (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

Gender bonds

04/12/2024 Go to Evidence

8% of the 650 billion dollars issued in sustainability bonds correspond to gender bonds, mostly issued by multilateral entities such as the World Bank and the IDB (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

Sustainable financial impact

04/12/2024 Go to Evidence

3 million women in countries such as India, Indonesia, Cambodia and the Philippines benefit from the Women’s Livelihood Bond Series (WLB), issued by Impact Investment Exchange (IIX), which supports their sustainable livelihoods (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