2025, America and the Caribbean in a State of Climate Emergency

While the world is facing an escalation of environmental disasters, the Americas and the Caribbean are paying a heavy price. The report published on May 13, 2025 by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) [i]reveals that in 2024, more than 9.6 million people were displaced by natural disasters around the world. And Latin America, with the Caribbean, are among the hardest hit areas, including storms, fires and tornadoes. Summary of the…