“Vital Climate Change Graphics for Latin America and the
Caribbean demonstrates both the urgent need to act and the
significant benefits that could be gained by taking early action
to adapt and reduce the region’s vulnerability to climate
change. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
– through its Sustainable Development and Human Settlements
Division – and GRID-Arendal hereby present Vital Climate Change
Graphics for Latin America and the Caribbean. The Vital Graphics
series provides a clear, direct, visual presentation of issues
relevant to the global environment, based on a scientific
analysis of available, up-to-date information. Vital Climate
Change Graphics for Latin America and the Caribbean outlines for
decision makers, academics and the general public the climate
change phenomenon in the region, focusing on its effects and its
causes. The document describes the ways in which climate change
manifests itself, drawing on hist