In 2023, there were a total of 43 climate change-related disasters registered across Latin American and the Caribbean. Just one year earlier, the number of disasters reached the highest figure recorded since at least 1990, with a total of 79 events registered across the region. Climate change-related disasters include storms, floods, wet mass movements, extreme temperatures, droughts and fires.
Number of climate change-related disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean from 1990 to 2023
According to the source, a disaster is a calamitous and sudden event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human, material, economic and environmental loss that exceeds the capacity of the affected community or society to cope with the situation with their own resources.
Climate change-related disasters include storms, floods, wet mass movements, extreme temperatures, droughts and fires.
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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (January 2, 2024). Number of climate change-related disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean from 1990 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407138/climate-change-disasters-in-latin-america-and-caribbean/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Number of climate change-related disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean from 1990 to 2023." Chart. January 2, 2024. Statista. Accessed July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407138/climate-change-disasters-in-latin-america-and-caribbean/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (2024). Number of climate change-related disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean from 1990 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407138/climate-change-disasters-in-latin-america-and-caribbean/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Number of Climate Change-related Disasters in Latin America and The Caribbean from 1990 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407138/climate-change-disasters-in-latin-america-and-caribbean/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Number of climate change-related disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean from 1990 to 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407138/climate-change-disasters-in-latin-america-and-caribbean/ (last visited July 27, 2024)
Number of climate change-related disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean from 1990 to 2023 [Graph], Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, January 2, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1407138/climate-change-disasters-in-latin-america-and-caribbean/
