2021 hasso far proven to be a transitionyear in whichwe both witness the clear negative impact of climate change while stillhaving tools at our handstoreduce further negative developments through strong and immediate climate action.Indeed,theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),a United Nations body tasked with regular assessments of the state of climate science,warned in itslast reportofvisible andunprecedented changesinglobal climateandthat limit
FromOctober 31stthroughNovember12th,theUKwill host the26thConference of theUNFramework Convention on Climate Change(COP26) in Glasgow.Amid the pandemic, theannual summit will be a key moment in the global efforts to tackle the climate crisisand send strong signals on the implementation phase of the Paris Agreement.
Featured in a previous post, the Ministry of Agriculture of Haiti (MARNDR) has been implementing the Artisanal Fisheries Development Program (AFDP) in the South-East, South, and Grand’Anse departments since 2015.
The entire GDP of Thailand. That is what governments globally spend every year on harmful agriculture subsidies. That is 470 billion dollars per year that incentivize the overuse of fertilizers, water, or expansion of agricultural land into other ecosystems, with associated costs on the environment and the health of farmers and consumers. This recent finding from a joint UN-FAO report reminds us that food, climate change, and biodiversity preservation are closely interrelated.
In Latin America and the Caribbean, climate change has a daily impact on the lives of millions of people, threatening their health, work, education, opportunities for growth, and even the continued existence of the places they come from. Its socioeconomic consequences increasingly know no borders—this is a problem that leaves no one untouched. Just as the problem connects us all, so does the ability to develop solutions to deal with the climate crisis.
Climate change isone of the mainsystemic and complex challengesthe global community isdealingwith in this century.Althoughcountries areincreasing their climate ambitionsand moreclimate actionmomentum isvisiblerecently,the world is still onacatastrophic pathwaytoglobal warming of2.7-degrees.The consequencesare alreadyevident today, butscenarios predict thatthe impactsof climate change will beevenworsein the coming decades.
The recently released 6th Assessment Report of the IPCC has provided further insights on climate science and they confirm the projections being shared for some years. Along with the clear message that human influence has warmed the climate at a rate that is unprecedented in the last 20,000 years, the report underlines that climate change is already affecting every inhabited region worldwide contributing to many observed changes in weather and climate extremes.
Latin America and the Caribbean is a biodiversity superpower, with around 60% of the world’s terrestrial species found in the region. This abundant natural capital provides important benefits for human development and impacts on biodiversity can adversely affect the delivery of ecosystem services.