Webinar on climate change statistics and indicators in Latin America and the Caribbean

Introduction

Environmental statistics are an emerging and transversal field that requires inter-institutional collaboration for its production in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Having statistics and environmental indicators is vital for monitoring the 2030 Agenda, however, their production is clearly insufficient to satisfy the growing demand in the region. Our region certainly faces numerous challenges, many of them associated with climate change, there is evidence of impacts such as droughts, floods, storms, rising sea levels, changes in precipitation and temperature patterns. These phenomena can have devastating consequences for food security, public health, infrastructure and the economy of our region. Therefore, we consider it appropriate and necessary to have this space for dialogue to deepen the discussion and exchange of opinions.

This webinar is coordinated by the Environmental and Climate Change Statistics Unit of the Statistics Division of ECLAC, for the beneficiary countries in the region, and is part of the activities of line of work 2.1 “Related statistics to climate change and disasters” of the project “Resilient and agile national statistical systems to respond to post-COVID-19 data needs to recover better”, under tranche 14 of the United Nations Development Account .

General objective

Increase the resilience and agility of national statistical systems (NSS) to respond to new needs for economic, social and environmental data in times of crisis and disasters using innovative data sources, advanced data acquisition methods and modern technologies, while that guarantees a path towards achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Specific objectives

• Conduct a review of the state of the art, advances and challenges of environmental, climate change and disaster statistics, indicators and accounts in the Latin American and Caribbean region.
• Present the Global Set of Climate Change Statistics and Indicators approved by the United Nations Statistical Commission.
• Show some experiences of indicators and statistics related to climate change and disasters in the region.