Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
70% was the increase over two decades in LAC of deaths related to extreme heat among people over 65 years old (Cerrudo, 2024).
0.5% of the GDP of the LAC region would be the average total cost of new technologies for water supply (ECLAC, 2024).
More than 50% of global land-related biodiversity loss in 2022 occurred in Africa and Latin America, although these regions generated less than 10% of global value added (UNEP, 2024).
22.9 billion dollars (0.5% of GDP) was the investment to finance climate action in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2020 (ECLAC, 2024).
3.1% of regional GDP is the necessary investment that Latin America and the Caribbean must make in mitigation and adaptation infrastructure between 2015 and 2030 (ECLAC, 2024).
3.7% to 4.9% of regional GDP is the average annual investment needed between 2023 and 2030 to meet climate commitments, equivalent to a cumulative investment of between US$2.1 and 2.8 trillion (ECLAC, 2024).
0.7 °C to 1 °C is the increase in temperature recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean compared to the average for the period between 1961 and 1980 (ECLAC, 2024).
26 of 45 LAC countries have climate adaptation instruments, but only 15 apply them to aquaculture (FAO, 2024).
4.3% of global aquaculture comes from LAC, with 3.8 million tonnes in 2021, 20% of its total fishery production (FAO, 2024).
93% of aquaculture production in Latin America and the Caribbean is concentrated in six countries, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru (FAO, 2024).
