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It focuses on the implementation of decisions from the 31st meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP-31), specifically regarding research programs on climate-health and ocean systems, science diplomacy, and the expansion of institutional associations.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-001246#summary","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The IAI Directorate has launched several initiatives to address the nexus of climate, environment, and health, including a virtual campus course on \"Transdisciplinary Research at the nexus of Climate, Environment, and Health\" and a 3-week certificate course on \"El Niño and the reduction of its impacts on the health sector\" in collaboration with PAHO, WMO, and GCCHE. Additionally, 12 research teams from 15 countries are set to receive seed grants for projects in this field.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-001246#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"To address the nexus of oceans, islands, and coastal systems, the IAI established a Committee on Oceans, Islands and Coastal Regions, which received 15 nominations from the SAC, Parties, staff, STeP fellows, and associates. The committee meets monthly and is exploring support for a Belmont CRA on Oceans.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-001246#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The IAI is expanding its institutional network by inviting the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the Centro de Investigación para el Cambio Global (CICAG) of the Universidad Nacional de Asunción (UNA) in Paraguay to become Associates of the Institute. A final version of the MoU with CICAG was reached on 12 September 2023.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-001246#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The Science Diplomacy Center (SDC) launched a Training Program for Policy Makers in the Americas, with an inaugural workshop in Panama from 19-21 October 2023, and is planning a subsequent workshop with MCTI Brazil for 2024. The IAI also continues the Science, Technology and Policy Fellowship (STeP) with 45 fellows from 14 countries.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-001246#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The IAI is promoting gender equity and inclusion through the \"Women as Biodiversity and Climate-Resilience Guardians in Peatland Landscapes of the Andes (Women as Guardians)\" proposal, which targets the empowerment of women, including those of Indigenous heritage, in Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia. Furthermore, the IAI provided scholarships to 53 early career researchers for SRI 2023 and 32 students for the 15th Biennial Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-001246#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The IAI is developing a call for research grants on Amazonia and Tropical Forests in collaboration with FAPESP and the Belmont Forum, with an expected launch in June 2024. Scoping workshops were held in Panama and Leticia, Colombia.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-001246#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The IAI has established a committee on Open Science and Open Data to implement a Collaborative South-South regional approach, following instructions from COP27 to strengthen collaborations with CODATA, the International Council for Science (ICS), and the African Academy of Science (AAS).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-001246#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-08-17"}],"climate_tags":["climate change","science diplomacy","climate and health","ocean science","amazonia","capacity building","open science"],"geography_discussed":["Panama","Brazil","Costa Rica","Colombia","Dubai","Guatemala","Chile","Honduras","Paraguay","Peru","Ecuador","Bolivia","Rwanda","Argentina","Switzerland","Uruguay","Netherlands","The Bahamas","Barbados","Dominican Republic","Jamaica","Trinidad and Tobago"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["activity report","progress report"]},{"id":"iai-001941","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iai-001941","title":"Informe resumido de actividades desde el 1 de julio de 2023 hasta la fecha de la Dirección Ejecutiva del IAI","publisher":{"name":"Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research","organization":"inter-american-institute-for-global-change-research"},"document_type":"briefing","language":"es","date_published":"2023-10-13","source_url":"https://iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/IAI-EC-56-7-es.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The IAI Executive Directorate has advanced several strategic mandates from CoP-31, including the launch of a climate, environment, and health research program, the establishment of an Oceans, Islands, and Coastal Regions Committee, and the expansion of scientific diplomacy initiatives. Key achievements include the distribution of initial grants to 12 research teams across 15 countries, the development of partnerships with the University of the West Indies and the Global Change Research Center in Paraguay, and the implementation of the Science, Technology, and Policy (STeP) Fellowship with 45 fellows. The Directorate is also coordinating regional efforts on the Amazon and tropical forests, as well as enhancing gender and indigenous inclusion through new advisory committees and targeted funding for underrepresented researchers.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-001941#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The IAI has established a research and training program on the nexus of climate, environment, and health, resulting in the launch of a virtual campus course, a three-week course on El Niño's health impacts with PAHO, WMO, and GCCHE, and the awarding of initial grants to 12 research teams from 15 countries.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-001941#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"To address the nexus of oceans, islands, and coastal systems, the IAI formed a dedicated committee with 15 nominations from various stakeholders, which meets monthly and is currently discussing support for a Belmont Forum Call for Regional Action (CRA) on Oceans.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-001941#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The IAI is expanding its scientific diplomacy and international policy engagement, including a partnership with the UN Development Coordination Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN/DCO LAC), facilitating 17 sessions for the 78th UN General Assembly Science Summit, and managing the Science, Technology, and Policy (STeP) Fellowship with 45 fellows from 14 countries.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-001941#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Directorate is pursuing institutional partnerships, having sent invitations and draft Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) to the University of the West Indies and the Global Change Research Center (CICAG) of the National University of Asunción in Paraguay, with the latter reaching a final version on September 12, 2023.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-001941#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Efforts to improve equity and inclusion include the monthly meetings of the Gender, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (GEDI) committee, the development of guidelines for an Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Advisory Committee (IP&LC-AC), and funding for 89 early-career or underrepresented researchers to attend various international conferences.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-001941#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The IAI is coordinating regional climate research and capacity building, including the development of a CRA on the Amazon and Tropical Forests with FAPESP and the Belmont Forum, and supporting the creation of the Central American Climate Change Science Network (RC4).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-001941#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate change","biodiversity","climate change adaptation","early warning system","Climate information service","indigenous people","capacity building"],"geography_discussed":["Costa Rica","Colombia","Panama","Brazil","United Arab Emirates","Peru","Paraguay","Ecuador","Bolivia","Argentina","Switzerland","Guatemala","Uruguay","Netherlands","The Bahamas","Rwanda"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["activity report","implementation review"]},{"id":"gclifun-004742","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/gclifun-004742","title":"Consideration of accreditation proposals – Addendum V Re-accreditation assessment of RAPL040","publisher":{"name":"Green Climate Fund","organization":"green-climate-fund"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2023-10-02","source_url":"https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/13-considersation-aps-add-v-rapl040-gcf-b37-03-add05.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The Green Climate Fund's Accreditation Panel recommends the re-accreditation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for a second term, maintaining its scope for medium-sized projects and medium environmental and social risk (Category B). The assessment confirms FAO's strong technical expertise in adaptation, REDD+, and the blue economy, and its ability to implement GCF's gender and environmental and social policies. While generally compliant, the Panel identified a gap in explicit policy statements regarding Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT), making the re-accreditation conditional upon the formal approval of an AML/CFT policy or the inclusion of consistent statements within its prohibited practices policies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-004742#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The FAO portfolio consists of 20 approved funded activities, with 18 under implementation as of 31 July 2023, totaling a value of USD 1,049.25 million, of which GCF funding is USD 622.5 million.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-004742#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Eight funded activities are considered not to be on track due to COVID-19 pandemic impacts and operational challenges: FP062, FP089, FP108, FP118, FP126, FP159, SAP014, and SAP019.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-004742#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"FAO's current pipeline includes 21 proposals (15 concept notes and 6 funding proposals) with an estimated total financing of USD 1.1 billion, with a strong focus on adaptation and cross-cutting results.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-004742#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"FAO has a significant track record in REDD+ results-based payments, accounting for 38 per cent of approved REDD+ RBP projects, and has reduced a cumulative 430.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent from 2019 to 2021 across seven countries.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-004742#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Between 2018 and 2022, FAO's total investments in climate-related projects amounted to USD 4,377,506,862, with the agriculture sector dominating at 40.19 per cent and forestry at 13.55 per cent.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-004742#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"FAO's corporate greenhouse gas emissions showed a 15 per cent drop from 2020 figures and are 67 per cent below the 2018 benchmark, with air travel remaining the primary contributor.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-004742#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"FAO's gender policy, procedures, and competencies are consistent with the Updated GCF Gender Policy, supported by a Gender Team of 36 headquarters staff and five regional officers.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-004742#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The re-accreditation is conditional upon FAO providing evidence of a formally approved AML/CFT policy or including clear AML/CFT statements within its prohibited practices policies consistent with GCF standards.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-004742#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate change adaptation","climate change mitigation","Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation","climate finance","blue economy","Climate-smart agriculture","Environmental and Social Safeguards","gender equality","greenhouse gas emissions","fiduciary"],"geography_discussed":["Italy","El Salvador","Chile","Colombia","Argentina","Guatemala","Jordan","Republic of the Congo","Benin","The Gambia","Armenia","Ivory Coast","Sudan","Myanmar","North Korea","Afghanistan","Bhutan","Haiti","Kenya","Saint Lucia","Democratic Republic of the Congo","Costa Rica","Ghana","Indonesia","Laos","Mexico","Vietnam","Africa","Asia Pacific","Latin America and the Caribbean"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["institutional assessment","accreditation review","portfolio performance analysis"]},{"id":"cmw-000703","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/cmw-000703","title":"Complaint related to the registration of - and issuance to - REDD+ projects under the VCS","publisher":{"name":"Carbon Market Watch","organization":"carbon-market-watch"},"document_type":"statement","language":"en","date_published":"2023-09-15","source_url":"https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Grievance-Complaint-to-Verra.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"Carbon Market Watch has filed a formal complaint with Verra based on research from the University of California (Berkeley) that identifies 'major deficiencies in project integrity and rigour' across several REDD+ projects. The document alleges that Verra and its validation/verification bodies (VVBs) failed to uphold standards, resulting in the issuance of carbon credits that are not 'environmentally sound'. Key failures cited include non-conservative forest carbon accounting, lack of transparency in allometric equations, inadequate community consultation, and the underestimation of natural reversal risks. The complainant calls for an internal investigation, a halt on credit issuance for the affected projects, and the cancellation of wrongfully issued credits.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000703#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Research conducted by the University of California (Berkeley) found that several REDD+ projects under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) exhibit 'major deficiencies in project integrity and rigour', suggesting that Verra issued carbon credits that are 'not environmentally sound'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000703#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Multiple projects demonstrated a lack of conservativeness and transparency in forest carbon accounting, specifically regarding the choice of allometric equations. For example, the Cajambre REDD+ Project (VCS1392) cited a research paper for an allometric equation that actually focused on 'nutrients in water that is completely unrelated to tree allometry'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000703#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is evidence of severe underestimation of natural risk scores (permanence). External analysis by Anderegg et al. (2022) found that projects like the Lacandon \u0001\u0002 Forest for life REDD+ Project (VCS1541) and the Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary project (VCS1650) had natural risk scores of 80.8% and 81.8% respectively, while the projects themselves quantified these risks at only 7% and 5%.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000703#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document alleges systemic failures in community consultation and safeguards. In the Kariba REDD+ Project (VCS902), the developer claimed consultation was achieved via a newsletter, which the document describes as 'community consultation being justified through pure conjecture'. In the Jari Par\u0011 REDD+ Project (VCS1811), the developer reportedly consulted with only six communities despite identifying 98 in the project zone.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000703#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Several projects are linked to land tenure disputes and human rights concerns that were allegedly ignored by auditors. The GuateCarbon REDD+ Project (VCS1384) is associated with the violent eviction of 111 families from the community of Laguna Larga in June 2017, an event the document claims was never mentioned in updated project descriptions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000703#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The complaint asserts that validation/verification bodies (VVBs) failed to perform their duties as third-party auditors, often accepting 'superficial and self-referential justifications' from developers instead of requiring substantive evidence of safeguard compliance.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000703#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation","carbon credit","land tenure","Free, Prior and Informed Consent","climate finance"],"geography_discussed":["Canada","United States","Brazil","Peru","Zimbabwe","Democratic Republic of the Congo","Guatemala","Tanzania","Cambodia"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["grievance","integrity assessment"]},{"id":"cmw-000853","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/cmw-000853","title":"Quality Assessment of REDD+ Carbon Credit Projects","publisher":{"name":"Carbon Market Watch","organization":"carbon-market-watch"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2023-09-15","source_url":"https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Quality-Assessment-of-REDD-Carbon-Crediting-1.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report finds that REDD+ projects under Verra's methodologies systematically over-credit their climate benefits due to inflated baselines, underestimated leakage, and exaggerated forest carbon stocks. It further argues that social safeguards are often treated as a 'check-box activity,' failing to protect vulnerable forest communities from displacement and rights violations. The authors conclude that REDD+ is ill-suited for generating carbon offsets and recommend a shift toward a contributions-based approach and rights-based safeguards.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000853#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"REDD+ methodologies generate credits that represent only a small fraction of their claimed climate benefit, with emissions reductions exaggerated across all reviewed quantification factors.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000853#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Project baselines are frequently inflated; one study of 16 VCS-REDD+ projects across five countries found that issued credits were more than 12 times the independent assessment of actual impacts.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000853#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is extreme variability in baseline estimates depending on the methodology used; for four sample projects, the average difference between the lowest and highest baseline values was 1459%.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000853#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Market leakage is significantly underestimated in practice, with 59% of Verra's REDD+ projects taking no leakage deduction despite literature suggesting rates between 10% and 70%.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000853#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Forest carbon accounting is prone to over-estimation; in a sample of 11 projects, developers chose allometric equations that resulted in credit generation 23% to 30% higher than independent estimates.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000853#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Natural reversal risks are severely underreported; while projects averaged a 2% risk rating, remote-sensing data for 57 projects showed a mean 100-year risk of stand-clearing disturbance of 28%.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000853#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Social safeguards are frequently treated as a 'check-box activity' and fail to protect vulnerable populations, with some projects resulting in displacement or dispossession.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000853#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Community engagement risk is systematically underreported, with 94% of 18 reviewed projects rating this risk as zero despite inadequate consultation practices.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000853#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Third-party auditors (VVBs) often fail to enforce standards due to conflicts of interest, as they are hired directly by the project developers they are tasked with auditing.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000853#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The report concludes that REDD+ is fundamentally ill-suited for carbon offsets because it transfers carbon from permanent fossil storage to a short-duration cycle and relies on an incentive structure that rewards over-crediting.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000853#insight-10","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation","carbon credit","carbon offset","deforestation","carbon leakage","Environmental and Social Safeguards","indigenous rights"],"geography_discussed":["Brazil","Colombia","Democratic Republic of the Congo","Peru","Zambia","Zimbabwe","Guatemala"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["quality assessment","methodological review","empirical analysis","case study"]},{"id":"costratri-000144","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/costratri-000144","title":"Feeding Resilience: Climate Change and Food Insecurity Impacts on U.S. National Security Project","publisher":{"name":"The Council on Strategic Risks","organization":"the-council-on-strategic-risks"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2023-08-09","source_url":"https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/08/09/feeding-resilience/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report identifies a critical policy gap where climate change, food insecurity, and national security are often addressed in silos. It argues that while the U.S. intelligence and military communities recognize these as top security concerns, current interventions remain focused on immediate humanitarian aid rather than long-term community resilience. The document recommends scaling up R&D, synchronizing agricultural emission cuts with food supply needs, and integrating geopolitical risks into strategic military and government planning to prevent global instability and conflict.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"costratri-000144#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Current food security policies prioritize immediate emergency responses over long-term resilience, evidenced by global humanitarian aid increasing at a rate six times faster than development assistance over the last decade.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"costratri-000144#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The U.S. national security and intelligence communities view the nexus of climate change and food security as a major threat; specifically, a 2021 National Intelligence Estimate identified 11 climate-vulnerable countries and two regions as particular concerns for U.S. national security.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"costratri-000144#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a significant disconnect in policy framing, as interventions for food insecurity are rarely developed as security-enhancing measures, despite food insecurity being a known precursor to instability.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"costratri-000144#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"U.S. investment in public agricultural research and development has decreased by one-third over the last 20 years, while China has tripled its investments to become the world's leading funder of agricultural R&D.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"costratri-000144#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Food insecurity contributes to irregular migration; the World Food Programme estimates that refugee outflows increase by nearly 2% for every year of food insecurity.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"costratri-000144#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A tension exists between the need to increase agricultural yields for a projected population of 9.4 to 10.2 billion by 2050 and the fact that food systems cause approximately 25% of greenhouse gas emissions and up to 80% of biodiversity loss.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"costratri-000144#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["food insecurity","national security","climate change","climate change adaptation","Climate-smart agriculture","biodiversity loss"],"geography_discussed":["Ukraine","Ethiopia","People's Republic of China","Nigeria","Afghanistan","Myanmar","India","Pakistan","North Korea","Guatemala","Haiti","Honduras","Nicaragua","Colombia","Iraq"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy assessment","landscape assessment"]},{"id":"commyale-000014","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/commyale-000014","title":"Global Warming’s Six Audiences: A Cross-National Comparison","publisher":{"name":"Yale Program on Climate Change Communication","organization":"yale-program-on-climate-change-communication"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2023-08-01","source_url":"https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/global-warmings-six-audiences-a-cross-national-comparison/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report uses the Six Americas Super Short Survey (SASSY) to categorize Facebook users in 110 countries and territories into six groups: Alarmed, Concerned, Cautious, Disengaged, Doubtful, and Dismissive. The 'Alarmed' group is the largest in approximately 80 of the surveyed locations, with the highest percentages found in Chile (65%), Mexico (64%), Malawi (63%), Bolivia (62%), and Sri Lanka (61%). Conversely, the United States exhibits a higher proportion of 'Doubtful' and 'Dismissive' respondents (22%) compared to other major carbon emitters and is less 'Alarmed' (34%) than many of its peers. Regional analysis shows South America has the highest proportion of countries with a majority of 'Alarmed' respondents, while Southwest Asia and North Africa show higher levels of doubt or dismissal, particularly in Yemen (34%).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"commyale-000014#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The 'Alarmed' audience—those who view climate change as an urgent, human-caused threat and support climate policies—is the most prevalent group in about 73% of the surveyed countries and territories (80 out of 110). In 29 countries, at least 50% of respondents are Alarmed, with the highest concentrations in Chile (65%), Mexico (64%), Malawi (63%), Bolivia (62%), and Sri Lanka (61%).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"commyale-000014#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Among the world's top carbon-emitting nations, the United States has a notably higher proportion of 'Doubtful' and 'Dismissive' respondents (22%) than other major emitters. The U.S. is also less 'Alarmed' (34%) than other top emitters like Mexico (64%), Brazil (59%), and India (55%), and shares one of the lowest percentages of Alarmed respondents with Germany (34%).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"commyale-000014#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Regional variations in climate attitudes are significant: South America has the highest frequency of countries where a majority of the population is 'Alarmed' (6 out of 9 countries), while the region of Southwest Asia and North Africa shows high levels of skepticism, with Yemen reporting 34% of respondents as 'Doubtful' or 'Dismissive'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"commyale-000014#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The survey identifies specific national extremes in climate attitudes, such as Czechia and Yemen having the lowest percentages of 'Alarmed' respondents (both 9%), and the United States, Saudi Arabia (17%), and Australia (16%) having the highest percentages of 'Doubtful' or 'Dismissive' respondents.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"commyale-000014#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["carbon dioxide emissions"],"geography_discussed":["Chile","Mexico","Malawi","Bolivia","Sri Lanka","Czech Republic","Yemen","United States","Brazil","India","Germany","United Kingdom","Saudi Arabia","Indonesia","Australia","Thailand","New Zealand","Portugal","Norway","Finland","Kosovo","Netherlands","Sweden","Cyprus","Armenia","Denmark","Bosnia and Herzegovina","Ireland","Romania","Costa Rica","El Salvador","Puerto Rico","Panama","Nicaragua","Guatemala","Honduras","Haiti","Canada","Uruguay","Turkey","Jordan","Iraq","Nigeria","Benin","Kenya","Congo","Tanzania","Asia and the Pacific","Europe","North America","South America","Southwest Asia and North Africa","sub-Saharan Africa"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["cross-national comparison","survey"]},{"id":"clibonds-000906","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/clibonds-000906","title":"ANÁLISE DO MERCADO DE DÍVIDA SUSTENTÁVEL NA AMÉRICA LATINA E CARIBE 2022","publisher":{"name":"Climate Bonds Initiative","organization":"climate-bonds-initiative"},"document_type":"report","language":"pt","date_published":"2023-08","source_url":"https://www.climatebonds.net/files/documents/publications/4cac8a7e-10b3-4a46-bac9-21c69ad18834.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The sustainable debt market in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) reached a cumulative total of USD 154.1 billion by the end of 2022. 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