International Development Practitioners proposed actionable recommendations to local leaders from the region during the First Cities Summit of the Americas Roundtable on “Strengthening the Climate Change Agenda for Afro-descendant Populations
Climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic have had a devastating impact on the Afro- descendant populations of Latin America and the Caribbean, a region with twenty of the countries in the world with the highest number of infected people. Afro- descendants constitute a significant population in Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Costa Rica, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Barbados, just to mention a few countries. These countries lack the minimum soci
The Summit with its approximately 2, 500 attendees, 65 sessions and 40 supporting events, included the Roundtable. Under the leadership of SUDECC, Global Black, the Central American Black Organization, participants reviewed best practices implementing sustainable, resilient, and equitable Programs in the Americas. It also included an art exhibition and artistic presentations powered by https://www.biennialoftheamericas.org/fabricadearteamericas