The Caribbean countries are highly exposed to climate events, and buildings, especially housing, are particularly vulnerable. Those countries with a higher use of resilient materials perform better against climate impact and have smaller overall economic losses. Cement and steel are among the most important resilient building materials in the Caribbean, but also require … [Read more...] about 3 Ways to Decarbonize a Resilient Building in the Caribbean
climate resilience
It Takes a Village: Innovation and Change in the Pathway Toward Paris Agreement Alignment
December 2023 will mark the 8th anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement (PA). Since then, progress has been made toward the treaty’s goals. In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), sustainability-linked bonds reported under the Green Bond Transparency Platform over the past two years have achieved the avoidance/reduction of over 36.5M tCO2, - a figure roughly … [Read more...] about It Takes a Village: Innovation and Change in the Pathway Toward Paris Agreement Alignment
Where There is Hope, There is Opportunity For Low-Carbon and Climate-Resilient Economies in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released the synthesis report of its sixth assessment report, which provides an overview of the state of knowledge on climate change. What are more than 200 scientists saying about the risks of climate change? They are warning yet again about the critical challenges associated with rising temperatures. But a key … [Read more...] about Where There is Hope, There is Opportunity For Low-Carbon and Climate-Resilient Economies in Latin America and the Caribbean
Responding to Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities in LAC
We are in a global and systemic transformation. Global temperatures have already risen by 1.1 degree, and we are seeing intensified droughts and wildfires in the southern cone and more frequent and violent hurricanes in the Caribbean and Central America. At the same time, we are living in the sustainability revolution with impact and scale like the industrial revolution. Global … [Read more...] about Responding to Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities in LAC
[New Podcast] Exceptional Women Revolutionizing the Caribbean through Climate-Smart Projects
The Climate crisis in the Caribbean is real. Between 1970 and 2020, 91.5% of Caribbean disasters were –related to the impacts of climate change – hurricanes, floods, and droughts, among others, resulting in over 250,000 human losses and more than 22 million affected people. From an economic standpoint, combined losses, and damage from hurricanes represent over USD 137 … [Read more...] about [New Podcast] Exceptional Women Revolutionizing the Caribbean through Climate-Smart Projects