Climate Change in Central America

New Report Details Dire Climate Impacts in Latin America and the ...

Deforestation rates were the highest since 2009, in a blow for both the environment and climate change mitigation. Andean glaciers have lost ...

Addressing the Converging Risks of Climate, Insecurity, and ...

Central America is one of the most climate-vulnerable areas in the world, said Risi, but its multi-hazard risk information systems and climate services remain ...

How the Climate Crisis is Affecting Central America

Central Americans are buckling under the weight of soaring heat, powerful storms, changing precipitation patterns, and agricultural worries.

Climate Extremes, Food Insecurity, and Migration in Central America

There is growing evidence that climate extremes are having a devastating impact on agriculture in Central America, affecting the livelihoods ...

Climate migration and climate finance: Lessons from Central America

Forced migration from Central America is driven by violence, corruption, lack of opportunity, and—increasingly—climate change ...

Deadly heatwaves in Central America – 35 times more likely ... - IFRC

Deadly heatwaves which recently hit North and Central America were made 35 times more likely because of human-induced climate change, according to the latest ...

Regional fact sheet – North and Central America | IPCC

These shifts in North and Central American climate become more prominent with increasing greenhouse gas emissions and higher global warming levels. • Temperate ...

Internal Climate Migration in Latin America - World Bank Document

Climate change is emerging as a potent driver of internal migration. The reportGroundswell: Preparing for Internal Climate Migration (2018) projects that, ...

Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges ...

Policymakers in the region will need to adopt a multi-pronged approach to reach their climate change mitigation goals, focused on increasing ...

Climate change impacts in Latin America and the…

This paper synthesises what is known about the physical and biophysical impacts of climate change and their consequences for societies and development

In Central America, Climate Change Is Driving Families North

In Central America, climate change is driving families north. Extreme weather is forcing farmers and their families off their land.

Confronting climate change in Central America - OCHA

Climate change continues to influence an alternating cycle of increasingly devastating storms and droughts that leave severe humanitarian ...

WMO issues report State of Climate in Latin America and Caribbean

Extreme weather and climate change impacts including mega-drought, extreme rainfall, land and marine heatwaves and glacier melt are ...

State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean | 1

The State of the Climate in the Latin America and Caribbean report provides details of extreme weather and climate change impacts in the entire region, ...

Climate Change, Migration and Health in Latin America and the ...

This webinar series will bring together scholars, practitioners and community organizations to exchange scientific knowledge, share lived experiences and ...

Chapter 12: Central and South America | Climate Change 2022 - IPCC

Influence of longer dry seasons in the Southern Amazon on patterns of water vapor transport over northern South America and the Caribbean.

Central America's choice: Pray for rain or migrate - NBC News

Climate change, when layered onto a mix of economic instability, violence and weak governance, can become fuel — a threat multiplier that could ...

Climate Change in Central America: The Drug War Connection

The drug war exacerbates Central America's contribution and vulnerability to climate change. Here is how.

Climate change in Latin America - Facebook

Climate change is also driving migration. Severe drought and extreme weather events displaced thousands of families particularly in Bolivia ...

The Dry Corridor - World Food Program USA

Prolonged dry spells and excessive rains have devastated corn and bean crops in the Dry Corridor of Central America, leaving farmers and their families prone to ...