Mega-drought, glacier melt, and deforestation plague Latin America and the Caribbean

Published on July 22, 2022

From the Amazon to the Andes and the snowy depths of Patagonia, extreme weather and climate change are causing mega-drought, extreme rainfall, deforestation and glacier melt across the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, according to a UN report published on Friday.

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