Impactos das mudanças climáticas na América Latina e no Caribe

The document examines the multifaceted impacts of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on vulnerable populations, ecosystem degradation, and the necessity of a transdisciplinary approach to science. Key findings highlight the disproportionate burden on rural women, the role of ocean warming in destroying artisanal fisheries, the link between habitat loss and emerging zoonotic diseases, and the increasing frequency of climate-driven migration. It specifically analyzes the 'vicious cycle' of fires in the Amazon and the challenges of water governance in the Paraná Basin. The report argues that traditional top-down scientific models often exclude the voices of those most affected, proposing a 'co-production' of knowledge between scientists and local communities to create more effective and just adaptation strategies.

• Rural and indigenous communities in Latin America and the Caribbean suffer disproportionately from nature's destruction, yet there is a significant disconnect between international climate forums and the local populations who experience these changes.
• Ocean warming in the Southwest Atlantic, particularly affecting the continental shelf of southern Brazil, Uruguay, and northern Argentina, has led to mass mortality of cold-water species and increased red tides, devastating artisanal fisheries such as the yellow clam (Mesodesma mactroides) in Uruguay.
• Rural women in the region are particularly vulnerable to climate change due to their high dependence on natural resources and systemic gender inequalities in access to land, credit, and technical assistance; for example, only about 30% of rural women in Latin America own agricultural land.
• Climate change severely impacts education by destroying school infrastructure and disrupting learning; in 2016, Hurricane Matthew damaged 300 schools in Haiti, and in 2021, Hurricanes Eta and Iota affected 340 schools in Guatemala and 76 in Nicaragua.

APA

Giorgi, J., & Torres, I. (n.d.). Impactos das mudanças climáticas na América Latina e no Caribe. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. https://iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/PT-Impactos%20das%20mudan%C3%A7as%20clim%C3%A1ticas%20na%20Am%C3%A9rica%20Latina%20e%20no%20Caribe.pdf

Chicago

Giorgi, Jerónimo, and Irene Torres. Impactos das mudanças climáticas na América Latina e no Caribe. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, n.d. https://iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/PT-Impactos%20das%20mudan%C3%A7as%20clim%C3%A1ticas%20na%20Am%C3%A9rica%20Latina%20e%20no%20Caribe.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{giorgindimpactos, author = {Giorgi, Jerónimo and Torres, Irene}, title = {{Impactos das mudanças climáticas na América Latina e no Caribe}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, url = {https://iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/PT-Impactos%20das%20mudan%C3%A7as%20clim%C3%A1ticas%20na%20Am%C3%A9rica%20Latina%20e%20no%20Caribe.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }