CO₂e reduction.

50,857.5 Kton CO₂e El Salvador seeks to reduce in its AFOLU sector between 2035 and 2040, conditional on financing (Government of El Salvador, 2021).

Gobierno de El Salvador. (2021). Contribuciones determinadas a nivel nacional de El Salvador.

Gobierno de El Salvador. (2021). Contribuciones determinadas a nivel nacional de El Salvador.

Loss of biodiversity

46% of greenhouse gases in the region come from agricultural production, which also contributes significantly to biodiversity loss.

CEPAL, FAO, IICA (2021)

CEPAL; FAO; IICA. 2021. Perspectivas de la Agricultura y del Desarrollo Rural en las Américas: una mirada hacia América Latina y el Caribe 2021-2022.

Agricultural cooperatives

108,000 active cooperatives were registered in LAC in 2019, of which 29,000 (26.6%) belong to the agricultural sector, with 6.6 million members.

CEPAL, FAO, IICA (2021).

CEPAL; FAO; IICA. 2021. Perspectivas de la Agricultura y del Desarrollo Rural en las Américas: una mirada hacia América Latina y el Caribe 2021-2022.

Total emissions reduction

5,647 KtCO2e is the total emissions reduction Belize expects to achieve across all sectors between 2021 and 2030, according to its updated NDC in 2021 (Belize, 2021).

Belize (2021). Updated nationally determined contribution

Estimaciones basadas en calculos realizados por IRENA, FAO, UNFCCC, Vivid Economics, Forestry and Other Land Use (FOLU) roundtable y CfRN

Agricultural investment

In 54 countries monitored by the OECD, only 17% of the public agricultural budget is allocated to investment in agricultural innovation systems, biosafety and infrastructure, despite their high economic and social returns.

OECD (2021).

OECD. 2021. Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2021: Addressing the Challenges Facing Food Systems.

Net emissions from Costa Rica

9.11 MtCO₂e will be Costa Rica's absolute net emissions limit in 2030, covering all sectors (Government of Costa Rica, 2020).

Gobierno de Costa Rica (2020). Contribución Nacionalmente Determinada de Costa Rica 2020.

Gobierno de Costa Rica (2020). Contribución Nacionalmente Determinada de Costa Rica 2020.

Net emissions from Costa Rica

106.53 MtCO₂e will be Costa Rica's maximum net emissions budget between 2021 and 2030 (Government of Costa Rica, 2020).

Gobierno de Costa Rica (2020). Contribución Nacionalmente Determinada de Costa Rica 2020.

Gobierno de Costa Rica (2020). Contribución Nacionalmente Determinada de Costa Rica 2020.

Emissions target

208.8 MtCO2eq is the net greenhouse gas emissions target for Peru in 2030, without being conditioned on international financing (Government of Peru, 2020).

Gobierno del Perú (2020). Contribuciones determinadas a nivel nacional del Perú. Reporte de actualización periodo 2021-2030.

Emissions target

179.0 MtCO2eq is the conditional emissions target for Peru, subject to external financing and favorable conditions (Government of Peru, 2020).

Gobierno del Perú (2020). Contribuciones determinadas a nivel nacional del Perú. Reporte de actualización periodo 2021-2030.

Impact of climate change

56% of the departments in Colombia are in the very high threat category due to climate change, affecting the entire national territory (Government of Colombia, 2020).

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

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