Environment and climate change statistics for Latin America and the Caribbean

To provide a holistic view of a country’s efforts towards sustaining and protecting the environment, policymakers, analysts and civil society require statistics on environmental governance and regulation at the national level. The magnitude of these activities can inform about the extent of institutional development, availability of resources, and the existence and enforcement of regulatory and market instruments whose primary purpose is to protect, regulate and manage the changing environment.

The topics included are:

• Institutional strength
• Environmental regulation and instruments
• Participation in MEAs and environmental conventions