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Facing climate change across Latin America and the Caribbean

Nature Climate Change volume 13, pages 1014–1019 (2023)Cite this article

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Over the past years, countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have seen a range of developments around climate mitigation and environmental policy. Nature Climate Change asked a selection of scientists from the region to share their thoughts on research questions and responses to climate change in their area of study.

No part of Earth is unaffected by anthropogenic climate change, but the particular impacts and challenges that people and ecosystems face differ substantially from region to region. In this Viewpoint, we highlight such regional particularities and perspectives on climate change and how to respond to it. Nine researchers from across Latin America and the Caribbean present what they see as the most pressing research questions, concerns and knowledge gaps for their regions. They discuss how climate change affects both humans and nature, but also the particular challenges that emerge as a changing climate interacts with other social and environmental issues that range from threatened biosystems to extractivism and deforestation.

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M.Y.-G. thanks S. Hartinger Peña and A. M. Stewart Ibarra whose critical feedback greatly improved the Viewpoint contribution ‘integrating health and climate change science into decision-making’.

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  1. Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile

    Alfonso Fernández

  2. Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia

    Matías Franchini

  3. National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos, Brazil

    Luiz Aragão

  4. Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile

    Lindsey Carte

  5. Vicepresidency of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia

    Diego Pacheco

  6. National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

    Leticia M. Ochoa Ochoa

  7. University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

    Preeya S. Mohan

  8. National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters (CEMADEN), São José dos Campos, Brazil

    Ana Paula Martins do Amaral Cunha

  9. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

    Marisol Yglesias-González

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Correspondence to Alfonso Fernández, Matías Franchini, Luiz Aragão, Lindsey Carte, Diego Pacheco, Leticia M. Ochoa Ochoa, Preeya S. Mohan, Ana Paula Martins do Amaral Cunha or Marisol Yglesias-González.

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Fernández, A., Franchini, M., Aragão, L. et al. Facing climate change across Latin America and the Caribbean. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13, 1014–1019 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01820-3

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