The report showed that populations in Latin America are increasingly exposed to changing climatic conditions, highlighting the need for public policies to increase climate resilience, reduce social inequalities, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and improve population health.
"Climate change is not going away. We have to start learning to live with its effects and demand from our decision-makers that their political agendas address climate change with an intersectoral approach that includes not only environmental issues but also health."Among the findings of the report was the increase in temperatures in Latin America. In 2022, the average temperature in the countries of the region was 0.
In 2022, Peru, Chile, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, El Salvador, Brazil, Uruguay, Honduras, Panama, and Nicaragua were among the 100 most polluted countries in the world.