Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
40% of revenues from ETSs and carbon taxes are allocated to green expenditures, and 10% to compensate households or businesses in LAC (World Bank, 2023).
23% of global greenhouse gas emissions were covered by the implementation of 73 instruments (World Bank, 2023).
From 7% to 23%, the global proportion of emissions covered by carbon taxes and emissions trading systems has increased (World Bank, 2023).
50% of the climate footprint of the construction sector comes from concrete, 15% from metals, 29% from fossil resources and the rest from biomass (UNEP, 2024).
85% of countries have at least one climate change adaptation planning instrument at the national level (UNEP, 2023).
40% of humanity already lives in highly climate-vulnerable areas (UNEP, 2023).
$1 billion invested in coastal flood adaptation leads to a $14 billion reduction in economic damages (UNEP, 2023).
6.5 million premature deaths annually are caused by air pollution (UNEP, 2019).
14% could increase the volume of trade in clean technologies, including those for air pollution control, if tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade in these technologies are eliminated (UNEP, 2019).
1.3% of annual GDP could be the economic cost of droughts and floods in Central Asia (FAO, 2023).
