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USD 475 million in losses from the 1997–98 El Niño

01/04/2005 Go to Evidence

USD 475 million in losses were estimated by ECLAC in Central America during the 1997–98 El Niño event, with all countries reporting significant impacts on the agricultural sector.

Jiménez Umaña, M. (2004). El niño y el sector agropecuario centroamericano : alerta, impacto y respuesta. Obtenido de: https://hdl.handle.net/11324/7593.

IICA (2004)

Tag: ElNiño Floods Climate_Risks Droughts
Country: Central America
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Agri-Food (total) Environment and natural resources Multisectoral Agricultural Support Services
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Water for Agriculture Agrifood Context
Instrument: Education and awareness building Strategic planning Collect, analyze, disseminate and exchange data and information between countries Early warning systems
Beneficiary: Rural communities Public institutions Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Agricultural producers Agricultural workers
Result: Improved technical capacities Information generation Risk mitigation Impact: Climate risk resilience Impact: Food and nutritional security

More than USD 6 billion in losses from Hurricane

01/04/2005 Go to Evidence

More than USD 6 billion in economic losses were caused by Hurricane Mitch in Central America, with approximately half occurring in the agricultural sector.

Jiménez Umaña, M. (2004). El niño y el sector agropecuario centroamericano : alerta, impacto y respuesta. Obtenido de: https://hdl.handle.net/11324/7593.

IICA (2004)

Tag: ElNiño Floods Climate_Risks Droughts
Country: Central America
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Agri-Food (total) Environment and natural resources Multisectoral Agricultural Support Services
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Water for Agriculture Agrifood Context
Instrument: Education and awareness building Strategic planning Collect, analyze, disseminate and exchange data and information between countries Early warning systems
Beneficiary: Rural communities Public institutions Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Agricultural producers Agricultural workers
Result: Improved technical capacities Information generation Risk mitigation Impact: Climate risk resilience Impact: Food and nutritional security

58% of losses occurred in agriculture

01/04/2005 Go to Evidence

58% of the economic losses recorded in Costa Rica during the El Niño event occurred in the agricultural sector.

Jiménez Umaña, M. (2004). El niño y el sector agropecuario centroamericano : alerta, impacto y respuesta. Obtenido de: https://hdl.handle.net/11324/7593.

IICA (2004)

Tag: ElNiño Floods Climate_Risks Droughts
Country: Central America Costa Rica
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Agri-Food (total) Environment and natural resources Multisectoral Agricultural Support Services
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Water for Agriculture Agrifood Context
Instrument: Education and awareness building Strategic planning Collect, analyze, disseminate and exchange data and information between countries Early warning systems
Beneficiary: Rural communities Public institutions Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Agricultural producers Agricultural workers
Result: Improved technical capacities Information generation Risk mitigation Impact: Climate risk resilience Impact: Food and nutritional security

60% of economic losses affect agriculture

01/04/2005 Go to Evidence

Nearly 60% of the economic losses caused by droughts and El Niño events are borne by the agricultural sector, highlighting its high vulnerability to climate variability.

Jiménez Umaña, M. (2004). El niño y el sector agropecuario centroamericano : alerta, impacto y respuesta. Obtenido de: https://hdl.handle.net/11324/7593.

IICA (2004)

Tag: ElNiño Floods Climate_Risks Droughts
Country: Central America
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products Agri-Food (total) Environment and natural resources Multisectoral Agricultural Support Services
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Water for Agriculture Agrifood Context
Instrument: Education and awareness building Strategic planning Collect, analyze, disseminate and exchange data and information between countries Early warning systems
Beneficiary: Rural communities Public institutions Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Agricultural producers Agricultural workers
Result: Improved technical capacities Information generation Risk mitigation Impact: Climate risk resilience Impact: Food and nutritional security

2005 floods: losses equal 60% of GDP

2005 Go to Evidence

Economic losses caused by Guyana's 2005 floods were equivalent to approximately 60% of GDP, while nearly 37% of the population was affected.

Office of the President, Government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, 2022, p. 8)

Office of the President, Government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana. (2022). Guyana's Low Carbon Development Strategy 2030.

Tag: ElNiño Floods Climate_Risks
Country: Guyana
Sector: Environment and natural resources
Area: Biodiversity Conservation
Instrument: Strategies, plans, policies or guidelines; sectoral or national
Beneficiary: Indigenous communities Rural communities Producer organizations (cooperatives, etc.) Land owners or users
Result: Impact: Improved biodiversity status Conservation and restoration of ecosystems Climate mitigation Impact: Environmental sustainability