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Global GHG emissions

04/09/2024 Go to Evidence

72% of global greenhouse gas emissions come from household-level behaviors, highlighting the importance of education to promote behavioral change (World Bank, 2024).

Banco Mundial, 2024

Banco Mundial.2024.Elegir nuestro futuro:Educación para la acción climática. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1796-elegir-nuestro-futuro:-educacion-para-la-accion-climatica

Climate impact

04/09/2024 Go to Evidence

11 days of school instruction are lost on average per year due to weather-related closures, primarily affecting schools in low- and middle-income countries (World Bank, 2024).

Banco Mundial, 2024

Banco Mundial.2024.Elegir nuestro futuro:Educación para la acción climática. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1796-elegir-nuestro-futuro:-educacion-para-la-accion-climatica

Deforestation and cattle ranching in Brazil

30/07/2024 Go to Evidence

14 million hectares of natural ecosystems have been replaced by pasture and cropland since 2010, encroaching on indigenous territories and protected areas (UNCCD, 2024).

UNCCD, 2024

UNCCD. 2024. Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralism. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn.

Expansion and deforestation in Brazil

30/07/2024 Go to Evidence

45 millones de hectáreas de pastizales se añadieron en Brasil en 35 años, mientras que 64 millones fueron deforestadas y 18 millones de hectáreas de pastizales nativos convertidas (UNCCD, 2024).

UNCCD, 2024

UNCCD. 2024. Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralism. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn.

Loss of forests in LAC

30/07/2024 Go to Evidence

3 million hectares of forest were lost annually in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2015 and 2020, the second highest total in the world (UNCCD, 2024).

UNCCD, 2024

UNCCD. 2024. Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralism. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn.

Extension of grasslands and croplands

30/07/2024 Go to Evidence

97 million hectares of rangeland expanded between 2001 and 2013, surpassing the expansion of cropland (44 million hectares) (UNCCD, 2024).

UNCCD, 2024

UNCCD. 2024. Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralism. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn.