Climate change in Honduras

Honduras is one of the countries which is most at risk from climate change.[1]

The frequency of natural disasters in Honduras, such as floods, mudslides, tropical storms and hurricanes, "is expected to increase as climate change intensifies," according to a United States Agency for International Development factsheet.[2]

Over 40 percent of Hondurans work in the agricultural sector, which is impacted by increasing temperatures and reduced rainfall.[3]

A 2013 bark beetle outbreak destroyed a quarter of all forests in Honduras.[3]

Honduras contributes only 0.1 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.[3]

Drought

Drought in Honduras has become a driver of emigration, causing poor crop yields for poor subsistence farmers, and has been a factor in the formation of migrant caravans to the United States.[4][5][6][7][8]

According to the FAO, migrants leaving central and western Honduras between 2014 and 2016 most frequently citied "no food" as their reason for leaving.[5]

See also

References
  1. CEPAL (Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe); MiAmbiente; Secretaría de Energía, Recursos Naturales, Ambiente y Minas - Honduras (2016). "La Economía del Cambio Climático en Honduras. Mensajes Clave 2016" (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 9.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "Honduras | Global Climate Change". Climate Links, a Global Knowledge Portal for Climate and Development Practitioners. USAID. 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  3. "How climate change affects the Honduran economy". Energy Transition. 2019-03-07. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  4. Biggs, Marcia; Galiano-Rios, Julia (2019-04-02). "Climate change is killing crops in Honduras -- and driving farmers north". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  5. Leutert, Stephanie (November 6, 2018). "How climate change is affecting rural Honduras and pushing people north". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  6. "Honduras: Climate Change Refugees - ARTE Reportage". ARTE in English. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  7. Markham, Lauren (2018-11-09). "The Caravan is a Climate Change Story". Pulitzer Center. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  8. Gustin, Georgina (2019-07-08). "Ravaged by Drought, a Honduran Village Faces a Choice: Pray for Rain or Migrate". InsideClimate News. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
  9. "Erratic weather patterns in the Central American Dry Corridor leave 1.4 million people in urgent need of food assistance". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations . 25 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-04.


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