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Losses due to climate change

04/12/2024 Go to Evidence

22 billion USD could reach climate change-related losses by 2050, according to projections (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 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

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

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

Nationally Determined Contribution Plans

04/12/2024 Go to Evidence

The US$100 billion target for climate finance has not been met, falling significantly short of the US$3 trillion needed to adequately support Nationally Determined Contribution Plans and adaptation plans across the Caribbean (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

WFP Annual Investments

03/12/2024 Go to Evidence

USD 23.4 million was the annual average that WFP executed during the decade 2013-2022 in food purchases, logistics services and monetary transfers (Namdar and Saa, 2024).

Namdar y Saa (2024)

M. Namdar y C. Saa, “Las compras locales de alimentos como posible factor de desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe. Etapa 2: las compras inclusivas”, Documentos de Proyectos (LC/TS.2024/79), Santiago, Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), 2024.

Economic growth in decline

03/12/2024 Go to Evidence

0.9% was the average annual growth rate of Latin America and the Caribbean between 2015 and 2024, less than half of the 2.0% recorded during the lost decade of the 1980s (ECLAC, 2024).

CEPAL (2024)

Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Panorama Social de América Latina y el Caribe, 2024 (LC/PUB.2024/21-P), Santiago, 2024.