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Climate Change in Central America


Climate-Fueled Migration Requires a Different Approach

Climate impacts will increase livelihood insecurities, leading an estimated 30 million Central Americans to migrate to the U.S.–Mexico border ...

Climate Change and Agriculture in Central America and the Andean ...

Climate change poses a threat to food security and nutrition, largely through its impacts on agricultural production. To help developing countries identify.

The Hill: Climate Change Is Upending Central America—The U.S. ...

Northern Central America has suffered from the effects of climate change for some time. The 'dry corridor,' which extends from Southern Mexico ...

Climate is a key factor in Central American conflict - Axios

A growing water-food deficit powered by climate change is ramping up conflict in densely populated Central American cities prone to violence, according to new ...

Women and nature for resilient cities in Latin America

Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean, with the support of the UNEP, are advancing climate change adaption action in synergy with gender equality goals.

Tracking Latin America's Progress on Climate Action

High in the Andes Mountains, glaciers have retreated and thinned under the effects of climate change. Nearly four million people depend on ...

FP174: Ecosystem-based Adaptation to increase climate resilience ...

The Central American Dry Corridor and the arid zones of the Dominican Republic are among the world's most vulnerable tropical regions to the impacts of ...

Mexico Climate Change Country Profile - USAID

Mexico is the second-largest greenhouse gas emitter in Latin America and the Caribbean. The energy sector is the most significant contributor to ...

Climate Impacts on Latin American Hydropower – Analysis - IEA

In some areas of the region, climate change is projected to exacerbate seasonal variations, with higher rainfall in the rainy season and less in the dry season ...

How the Climate Crisis Is Driving Central American Migration

The climate crisis is making life even harder for residents of Central America's “Dry Corridor,” forcing farmers and other rural residents ...

State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023

For global mean temperature, the Sixth. Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)3 uses the reference period 1850–1900 for ...

Preparing for Climate-Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean

The World Bank estimates that by 2050 up to 17 million people may be internally displaced in Mexico and Central America alone. According to the ...

Climate Change's Pulse Is in Central America and the Caribbean - Eos

The Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean region is uniquely positioned to serve as the world's climate change pulse.

9 out of 10 children in Latin America and the Caribbean are exposed ...

9 out of 10 children in Latin America and the Caribbean are exposed to at least two climate and environmental shocks ... climate change, and that picture is ...

State of the Climate in Latin America & the Caribbean 2020

Furthermore, trends from January 1993 to June 2020 around Central America show higher rates of change in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico ...

Latin America & The Caribbean Weekly Situation Update (As of 10 ...

Extreme heat across South America can be attributed to human-caused climate change. According to a study conducted by 12 researchers as part ...

How Exceptional Was the 2015–2019 Central American Drought?

Climate models project that Central America is one of the global hotspots for future decreases in precipitation as a result of human-caused ...

Climate Change and Communities - Issue Lab

Climate hazards in Central America are becoming more frequent and more severe, while far outpacing investments in resilience and recovery. These ...

How is climate change affecting workers in Latin America?

Rising temperatures directly and indirectly affect human health, which can result in an unhealthy workforce and productivity losses.

Climate change vicious cycle spirals in Latin America and Caribbean

Extreme weather and climate shocks are becoming more acute in Latin America and the Caribbean, as the long-term warming trend and sea level ...