Latin American and Caribbean Pavilion at COP28 "We are a solution"
Latin America and the Caribbean is a diverse region that has faced the most challenging effects of climate change in recent years. Achieving green, fair, and inclusive economic development requires joint work on climate action and the protection of biodiversity to position our countries as drivers of solutions to global problems.
For all these reasons, CAF promotes a unique space with the Pavilion for Latin America and the Caribbean, with which it seeks to facilitate the exchange of experiences, join forces, explore opportunities for collaboration, and increase the visibility of the solutions offered by the countries as a whole.
Why Latam and the Caribbean is a solution region?
Biodiversity and forests
Latin America has 40% of the biodiversity and more than 25% of the world's forests
Food safety
The region provides 14% of global food production.
Energy transition
Latin America and the Caribbean plays a crucial role in the energy transition.
IN NUMBERS
25%
percentage of world forests
found in the region
10%
is the percentage of GHG gas emissions
for which Latam and the Caribbean are responsible
70%
of species worldwide are in extinction
due to habitat loss and biological invasions
40%
natural capital per inhabitant contracted
in the region only between 1990 and 2014