Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
More than 200 hurricanes that occurred between 1950 and 2014 cost the Caribbean islands an annual average of 2.5% of GDP (ECLAC, 2024).
USD 4.3 trillion annually must be reached by 2030 to avoid the most serious impacts of climate change, which requires a 20% annual increase in global financial flows (ECLAC, 2024).
Between USD 3.3 billion and USD 4.576 billion is needed by the region by 2030, representing between 31% and 32% of the annual global investment required to meet the Paris Agreement targets (ECLAC, 2024).
2,220.7 billion USD is estimated that Latin America and the Caribbean need to invest in water and sanitation, energy, transport and telecommunications infrastructure by 2030 (ECLAC, 2024).
USD 632 billion were recorded in global climate financing (ECLAC, 2024).
USD 1.48 billion, equivalent to 6% of total aid, was allocated to the Caribbean (ECLAC, 2024).
48% of climate finance in the Caribbean was directed to mitigation activities, 32% to adaptation, and 20% to both (ECLAC, 2024).
65% increased financing for adaptation, from an annual average of USD 30 billion in 2017-2018 to USD 49 billion in 2019-2020 (ECLAC, 2024).
USD 27.6 million committed by the GCF to strengthen the resilience of the water sector in Barbados in collaboration with the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (ECLAC, 2024).
Of the USD 24.8 billion in development financing flows to 15 Caribbean countries, USD 1.48 billion (6%) were mainly related to climate change, while USD 699 million were activities with climate co-benefits (ECLAC, 2024).
