This project developed an integrated Regional Programme on Air Quality, Climate Change and Health for Central America to strengthen governance mechanisms, foster high-level political commitment and maximize the benefits of related regional and national strategies in the region. It built upon the roadmap for integrated climate change mitigation and clean air action developed in a previous CCAC-funded workshop with the Central American Integration System (SICA).
This project also assessed how short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) and the health benefits of SLCP mitigation can be integrated into the updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) currently under development in SICA member states, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and the Dominican Republic.
Develop an integrated Regional Programme on Air Quality, Climate Change and Health in order to strengthen governance mechanisms, foster high-level political commitment and maximize the benefits of action. The project achieved this by:
The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) noted in their 3rd assessment that Central America is the most vulnerable tropical region to climate change. Air pollution is one of the top ten health risks in the region. Yet, the region’s energy-induced fossil fuel emissions are contributing to deteriorating air quality with adverse health effects on local populations.
Air pollution in the region’s largest cities exceeds the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) air quality guidelines. In 2018, the WHO demonstrated that ambient and household air pollution accounted for more than 23,500 deaths per year in SICA member countries.
There is great potential to address emissions in the region in a coordinated way and doing so will deliver multiple associated benefits linked to improved air quality, such as improved human health and reduced crop losses. SICA is advancing this work with its Regional Climate Change Strategy (ERCC), a framework to develop harmonized air quality regulations, as well as various initiatives to support access to clean household energy.
El proyecto Programa Regional Integrado Centroamericano sobre Cambio Climático, Calidad del Aire y Salud, tiene el objetivo de fortalecer los mecanismos de gobernanza, fomentar
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Infografía Programa Regional Integrado de Cambio Climático, Calidad del Aire y Salud para Centroamerica y República Dominicana
Se presenta la línea base del Programa integrado regional Centroamericano sobre cambio climático, calidad del aire y salud que se desarrolló tomando en cuenta los resultados del taller y de las...
