Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
23% of global greenhouse gas emissions come from deforestation, exceeding emissions from the global transport sector.
57% of primary forests and 1/3 of plant species are found in LAC (World Bank, 2020).
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).
6.5 million premature deaths annually are caused by air pollution (UNEP, 2019).
Almost 25% of the species in Chile are endemic (MMA, 2019).
600 million hectares will grow cropland and pasture by 2050 if no action is taken (WRI, 2019).
585 million hectares will need to be reforested to limit warming to 1.5 °C (WRI, 2019).
48% and 50% are the high and very high degradation levels in the Caribbean and Mesoamerica regions in LAC, respectively.
59% of the Sustainable Development Goals (10 out of 17) have environmental sustainability as a key objective related to green production (Cervera-Ferri & Ureña, 2017).
.5% of the employed population in Mexico in 2011 represented jobs related to the environmental sector, estimating 1.8 million direct jobs (CEPAL, 2017).
