AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoEl Niño Food Shock: The World Food Programme warns intensifying El Niño could push 49 million more people into acute hunger by end-2027, with Central America hit hardest as droughts and floods batter rain-fed farms. Mining Pressure on Nature & Lands: A community investigation by Wangki says Nicaragua’s gold boom is driving new mining concessions into protected areas and Indigenous/Afro-descendant territory, bringing deforestation and pollution that threaten clean water and subsistence farming. Watershed Restoration Funding: WTM London’s record donation to Just a Drop is supporting a Watershed Restoration Programme in Nicaragua, aiming to help farming communities store more water and grow more reliably. Renewables Push in Central America: IRENA opened a funding call for renewable energy projects across Central America and the Caribbean, including Nicaragua, prioritizing solar, wind, hydro, clean transport, and energy from sargassum. Election Crackdown Context: Nicaragua’s National Assembly began consultations on constitutional election reforms that would bar parties tied to foreign financing or alleged coup activity, as regional bodies weigh the political rupture.
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