Under the Sun and in the Rain: Cultivating a Sustainable Future
Central America and the Caribbean are fertile ground not only for world-renowned crops like cacao and coffee, but also for the fight against the most pressing climate and environmental challenges in history.
IKI Central America and Caribbean brings you a new digital format from the eyes of selected protagonists. © ACCIÓN Clima
Although the region comprises less than 2% of the world's land surface, it is home to approximately 12% of the planet’s flora and fauna – a wealth of biodiversity that sustains not only unique ecosystems, but also cultures, local economies, and ways of life deeply connected to biodiversity.
At the same time, this region, as compared to other parts of the world – and despite being responsible for less than 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions – disproportionately faces the impacts of climate change: Increasingly intense rainfall, prolonged droughts, and ecosystem disruptions that are putting the natural balance at risk and worsening long-standing inequalities.
This is where communities step in – women, youth, indigenous peoples, and coastal populations, many of whom depend heavily on natural resources and biodiversity. They are at the forefront of the solutions to these challenges.
Under the Sun and in the Rain: A New Format
“Under the Sun and in the Rain: Stories of Resilience in Central America and the Caribbean” is a new digital format featuring eight true stories of resistance, innovation, and hope.
These stories introduce you to the women ranchers, farmers, wetland guardians, young people in the refrigeration and air conditioning sector, indigenous communities, and water ambassadors who, in the face of climate challenges, are forging new ways of sustainable living.
8 stories, 8 communities, and 8 protagonists. © ACCIÓN Clima
The stories featured in this series are:
- Taking the Bull by the Horns: Women Ranchers Carving Their Own Path (Costa Rica)
- Cooling Champions: Empowering Women in the Refrigeration Sector (Grenada)
- Returning to Our Roots: Indigenous Tourism from Within (Costa Rica)
- Water Ambassadors: A Future That Flows (Grenada)
- Harvesting Biodiversity: Women Sowing a Better Future (Dominican Republic)
- Guardians of Nature: Walking the Path to Equity (Costa Rica)
- From Farm to Fork: Women Cultivating Agro-Landscapes (Costa Rica)
- Guardians of the Wetlands: Growing with Our Feet in the Mud (Guatemala)
The stories are the result of the work of cooperation projects funded by Germany’s International Climate Initiative (IKI): SCALA, C4 II, BIOFIN, G-CREWS, CCR, ACCIÓN Clima, ICCA-GSI, and From Farm to Fork. Each invites you to see climate change not only as a threat, but as an opportunity to build a fairer, more resilient future.
At ACCIÓN Clima, the IKI interface project for Central America and the Caribbean, which connects all IKI projects in the region, we are committed to finding new ways to share the milestones and achievements that deserve to be told through the voices of those leading the change.
Join them and discover how, under the rain and the sun, they are planting hope: https://stories.iki-cac.org/
- Country: Costa Rica, Grenada, Guatemala, Dominican Republic
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Project:
- ACCION Clima - NDC implementation in Costa Rica and regional knowledge exchange
- BIOFIN II: Biodiversity Finance Initiative
- C4 II: Cool Contributions fighting Climate Change II
- Resilient Caribbean Communities: Ecosystem-based Adaptation and forest restoration in vulnerable rural communities within the Caribbean Biological Corridor
- From Farm to Fork: Mainstreaming biodiversity into food value chains
- G-CREWS: Climate-Resilient Water Sector in Grenada
- ICCA-GSI: Support to indigenous peoples’ and community conserved areas and territories
- SCALA: Support Programme on Scaling up Climate Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture through NDCs and National Adaptation Plans
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IKI interface team for Central America and the Caribbean
