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Colombia encompasses an area of more than 1.1 million square kilometers and is the only country in South America

with both a Caribbean and Pacific coastline. With an estimated population of 44.5 million, Colombia is the third most

populous country in Latin America.1

Even though Colombia is ranked 77th in the Human Development Index and has an

upper middle-income country status and annual GDP of 234 billion USD2

, it has one of the highest levels of inequality

in the world – 52.6 percent of the total population live below the poverty line and this figure reaches 69 percent in

rural areas.3

Colombia has one of the highest rates of internally displaced people (IDP) in the world due to civil

conflicts, leaving as many as 3.7 million especially vulnerable to climate change.

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The majority of the population resides in two areas: the elevated Andes, where

water shortages and land degradation already pose a threat, and the coastal and

insular areas, where the expected increase in sea level and floods will affect human

settlements and economic activities. In addition, the country presents a high

incidence of extreme weather and disasters associated with climate conditions and

variability.

Colombia is rich in natural resources and is estimated to hold 10-15 % of the world’s

biodiversity. Climate change impacts are expected to pose significant and long-term

effects on fragile and unique ecosystems and to accelerate the pace of land

degradation, impact water quality and agricultural production, contribute to the decline of biodiversity of species such

as high altitude flora and fauna and unique corals in the western Caribbean, and increase the exposure of citizens to

tropical vector diseases, such as malaria and dengue

Climate Risk and Adaptation Country Profile Colombia

Supporting the implementation of physical adaptation measures to reduce the vulnerability of Caribbean

insular areas, especially with regard to changes in rainfall and temperature, as well as sea level rise; and

Improving responses to the increased exposure to tropical vector-borne diseases (malaria and dengue),

induced by climate change.

Further efforts to improve the management of climate risks and better integrate them into national development

policies were articulated in the project Integrating Climate Change Risks and Opportunities into National Development

Processes and United Nations Country Programming.

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Implemented in 2009 and 2010, the project’s final evaluation

offered the following recommendations for adaptation:

Preserve and strengthen existing biological buffers through the conservation of critical eco-systemic

functions and environmental services;

Increase adaptive capacity and resilience in the organization of the State to catalyze its capacity to confront

extreme events and the uncertainty from processes of global climate change;

Improve balance between urbanization and rural living conditions;

Reinforce the “safe habitat and territory” concept in urbanization processes to reduce levels of human

exposure to extreme events, avoid large economic downturns, produce an effective fight against poverty,

and attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs);

Develop key institutional functions for adaptation to climate change by incorporating climate change

scenarios in all development planning processes