The countries in the region are consistently ranked highest in the world by risk of being impacted by extreme events . The economic costs of climate-change impacts in 2010 were estimated as being from 2.9% of GDP for Guatemala to 7.7% for Belize . For the period 1992-2011, Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala were among the 10 most impacted countries in the world by extreme weather events . The number of these events has increased 3% annually in the last 30 years .
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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