Latin America's Natural Resources and Climate Change

Latin America is a region rich in natural resources—and that makes it particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

Protect Latin America's Natural Resources - NRDC

Latin America, home to 50 percent of the world's species, has the greatest percentage of land under protected status of any major world region. However, many of ...

Climate Change Impacts in Latin America - WWF

Latin America's climate is changing. Precipitation patterns are shifting, temperatures are rising, and some areas are experiencing changes in the frequency and ...

Effects of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean

The increase in temperatures, the greater number and frequency of extreme weather events, long droughts, more recurrent landslides and floods, increasing ...

Evidence on the Role of Geography, Climate, and Natural Resources

Latin America's enormous endowment of natural resources impacts many countries of the region. Economic liberalization in several countries was followed by ...

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

Higher temperatures, extreme weather events, and the reliance on climate-sensitive sectors such as tourism and agriculture are just some of the challenges ...

Latin America's Biodiversity Is Critical for Global Goals - NRDC

Protecting Latin America's biodiversity is key to meeting global climate goals. Latin America houses three of the top five countries with the ...

Key Latin American natural ecosystems facing climate change

Southern Chile and Argentina, what we call Patagonia and Antarctica, are the global reservoirs for the mitigation of carbon dioxide emissions.

Responding to climate change | Latin America and the Caribbean

Climate change is currently one of the greatest challenges facing environmental regulators. It is a growing crisis with economic, health and safety, ...

Climate Change and Latin America and the Caribbean - IDB

Climate-related natural disasters have tripled in the last 50 years, with increasingly adverse effects on morbidity and mortality, ecosystems, ...

El Niño and climate change impacts slam Latin America and ...

A double-whammy of El Niño and long-term climate change hit Latin America and the Caribbean in 2023, according to a new report from the World Meteorological ...

Promoting Climate Change Action in Latin America and the Caribbean

On mitigation, countries utilize sector actions, including energy, waste, transport, forestry, agriculture, and sustainable use of resources in ...

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 ...

How Climate Change is Changing Latin America | Duke Today

Latin American countries generate less greenhouse gas than the US, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, but are disproportionately suffering from the effects.

Climate Change Challenges and Opportunities in Latin America and ...

The analysis in the book suggests that LAC countries are facing substantial challenges related to climate change but have tools at their disposal to seize the ...

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 ...

Forests and Agriculture: The Key to Latin America's Climate ...

Agriculture, forestry and land use are the largest contributors to Latin America's carbon footprint. Of the estimated 4.1 GtCO2e emitted in ...

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 ...

The Latin American climate crisis is also a water crisis. How do we ...

With about a third of the world's water resources, Latin America has the highest water endowment per capita, nearly four times the global average.

Green Energy: Latin America's Next Big Natural Resources ...

A number of factors that have made the industry's growth increasingly challenging have driven changes in the Latin American mining industry. The ...