The cornerstone of the LEDS process is sufficient ambition rooted in the temperature objective of the agreement. Countries need to understand and plan how they will achieve carbon-neutral economies by the middle of the century. In developing countries, the limits of our current structures, our capacity constraints should not hold us back, because it is precisely these structures that we want to transform. Each country must first imagine its own carbon-neutral future, and then chart a transformative path to achieve its current conditions. LEDS provides us with a vision and understanding of the global scope and depth of the changes needed and the challenges we can face on the path to a carbon-neutral economy. The problem of food security and famine has worsened, particularly in the “corredor seco” (an area that stretches from the departments of Izabal and Baja Verapaz in the north to Santa Rosa and Jutiapa in the south). [10] Guatemalan farmers have experienced extreme weather events such as hurricanes, erratic weather conditions with temperature peaks and falls, torrential rains, post-A drought and unexpected frosts. [3] [7] [9] An affected crop was the potato that suffers from mushrooms. [6] A 2019 report by Guatemala`s climate change science system indicated that the rainy season would begin later due to climate change, leaving subsistence farmers and indigenous peoples in poor communities at risk of becoming scarcer due to poor harvests.

[8] The Capacity Building Project for Level II Adaptation to Climate Change (Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama) is funded by the Trust Fund and implemented by UNDP. Central America, Mexico and Cuba serve as a pilot region for the development and implementation of an adjustment framework for the development of strategies, policies and adaptation measures. The implementation of this framework will show how to integrate adaptation policies into sustainable national development for at least three human systems: water resources, agriculture and human health. This demonstration project builds on the vulnerability and adaptation assessments of the first national communications of the eight participating countries in the region and prepares them for the transition to Level III adaptation. The results of the project, Phase II adaptation strategies, can be used to prepare the second national communication. The national nature of the LEDS project and its focus on the public sector have overlooked a number of gaps in the assessment of capacity needs at the local level. Nevertheless, the strategy-making process has been enriched by the consultation of regional working groups on climate change. It also encouraged training and exchange of experiences at the local level in the fields of agriculture, forestry, energy, industry and waste management in low-carbon practices and technologies.