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486 Thousand People Exposed to Severe Drought

23/04/2024

486,000 people in rural areas of Central America faced severe drought conditions between April and November 2023, affecting the main planting and harvesting seasons due to reduced rainfall associated with the El Niño phenomenon. (WFP, 2024).

Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP). (2024). Fenómeno de El Niño 2023–2024: América Latina y el Caribe.

PMA. 2024

Tag: ElNiño Climate_Risks Food_Water_Security Droughts
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (agg. 20 countries)
Sector: Agri-Food (total) Environment and natural resources
Area: Family Farming Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Water for Agriculture Territorial Management
Instrument: Internacional humanitarian and Development Assistance Food aid Intersectoral and interinstitucional coordination Strategies, plans, policies or guidelines; sectoral or national Studies and diagnoses
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Rural communities Agricultural producers
Result: Strengthened water resources management Impact: Food and nutritional security

Food Crisis Worsened by El Niño

23/04/2024 Go to Evidence

43.2 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean do not have sufficient access to food, in a context worsened by climate impacts associated with the El Niño phenomenon. (WFP, 2024)

Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP). (2024). Fenómeno de El Niño 2023–2024: América Latina y el Caribe.

PMA, 2024.

Tag: ElNiño Climate_Risks Food_Water_Security Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (agg. 20 countries)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture
Instrument: Internacional humanitarian and Development Assistance Food aid
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Rural communities Researchers Agricultural producers
Result: Risk mitigation Impact: Climate risk resilience Impact: Food and nutritional security

Dry Corridor Faces Food Crisis

23/04/2024 Go to Evidence

1.7 to 2.7 million people in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua may require food assistance by March 2024 due to the impacts of the El Niño phenomenon in the Central American Dry Corridor (WFP, 2024).

Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP). (2024). Fenómeno de El Niño 2023–2024: América Latina y el Caribe.

PMA, 2024.

Tag: ElNiño Climate_Risks Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (agg. 20 countries)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture
Instrument: Internacional humanitarian and Development Assistance Food aid
Beneficiary: Researchers
Result: Risk mitigation Impact: Climate risk resilience Impact: Food and nutritional security

Drought affected thousands of hectares : Guatemala

23/04/2024 Go to Evidence

360,000 hectares in Guatemala’s Dry Corridor were affected by the lack of rainfall associated with the El Niño phenomenon, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAGA) (WFP, 2024).

PMA, 2024.

Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP). (2024). Fenómeno de El Niño 2023–2024: América Latina y el Caribe.

Tag: ElNiño Climate_Risks Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Guatemala
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture
Instrument: Internacional humanitarian and Development Assistance Food aid
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Rural communities Agricultural producers
Result: Risk mitigation Impact: Climate risk resilience Impact: Food and nutritional security

Agricultural losses exceeded 75%.

23/04/2024 Go to Evidence

25% to 75% crop losses were recorded in areas with Action Against Hunger projects in Guatemala during 2023, due to drought conditions associated with the El Niño phenomenon. Agricultural losses exceeded 75% in some affected areas.

PMA, 2024

Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP). (2024). Fenómeno de El Niño 2023–2024: América Latina y el Caribe.

Tag: ElNiño Climate_Risks Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Guatemala
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture
Instrument: Internacional humanitarian and Development Assistance
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Rural communities Agricultural producers
Result: Risk mitigation Impact: Climate risk resilience Impact: Food and nutritional security

Food systems emissions

19/04/2024 Go to Evidence

10% of GHG emissions from food systems in LAC come from energy use outside of primary activities (Crippa et al, 2021).

Crippa et al (2021)

CRIPPA, et al. (2021) Food systems are responsible for a third of global anthropogenic GHG emissions. Nat Food 2, 198–209. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00225-9

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture

Reduced overall income

17/04/2024 Go to Evidence

19% is the calculation for the reduction in global income over the next 26 years due to climate impacts (Kotz, et al., 2024).

19% es el cálculo en la reducción del ingreso en la economía mundial en los próximos 26 años por los impactos climáticos (Kotz, et. al., 2024)

Kotz, et. al., 2024. The economic commitment of climate change.

Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Environment and natural resources
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture
Result: Improved public policy formulation and implementation

Loss of income

17/04/2024 Go to Evidence

60% will be the income loss in 2100 if emissions continue at the current pace and the global average temperature exceeds 4°C (Kotz, et al., 2024).

60% será la pérdida de ingresos en 2100 si las emisiones se mantienen al ritmo actual y la temperatura media mundial supera los 4ºC (Kotz, et. al., 2024)

Kotz, et. al., 2024. The economic commitment of climate change.

Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Environment and natural resources
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture
Instrument: Setting of emission reduction objectives and targets
Result: Climate mitigation

Reduction in per capita income

17/04/2024 Go to Evidence

22% would be the reduction in per capita income in South Asia and Africa due to climate impacts, being the most affected regions (Kotz, et. al., 2024)

22% sería la reducción de ingresos per cápita en el Asia del Sur y África por los impactos climáticos, siendo las regiones más afectadas (Kotz, et. al., 2024)

Kotz, et. al., 2024. The economic commitment of climate change.

Country: Africa (aggregate) South Asia (aggregate)
Sector: Environment and natural resources
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture
Result: Climate mitigation