AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoEl Niño Food Shock for Central America: The UN World Food Programme warns El Niño could drive drought and crop losses across the region, putting up to 16 million people at risk of food insecurity, with Honduras reporting drought alerts over most of its territory and the Central American Dry Corridor (including Nicaragua) especially vulnerable. Caribbean Queen Conch at Climate Risk: A new peer-reviewed study says marine protected areas may fail the “climate test,” with queen conch habitat expected to become unsuitable abruptly within two decades—shifting the conservation problem from fisheries management to climate resilience. Plastic Pollution Hotspots: A regional study flags Nicaragua among “plastic pollution hotspots,” where overloaded waste systems and hard-to-recycle imports are leaking plastics into ecosystems and communities, raising public health concerns. El Salvador TPS in Limbo (Regional Migration Ripple): In the U.S., a deadline passed without a decision on Temporary Protected Status for about 200,000 Salvadorans, leaving families in legal uncertainty—an issue that can indirectly affect migration pressures and remittances across Central America.
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