Guatemala

Guatemala

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Guatemala's Climate Change Impact

Positive

  • 🔋 59% of electricity is from renewables
  • 🌞 Uses solar power (1%)
  • 🍃 Uses wind power (2%)
  • 🌊 Uses hydro power (32%)
  • 🌅 Other renewables power (~22%)

Negative

  • 🚫 No pledges towards net zero
  • 🚗 No pledges to ban ICE vehicles
  • 🤬 Electricity from fossil fuels too high (40.61%)
  • 🤮 14% of electricity still from coal
  • 🛢 Electricity from oil (25%)

Percentages rounded from 2019 data.

📈 Guatemala is rank 70 out of 195 countries for Climate Change.

How would you rate Guatemala's Environmental Impact?

Is the Guatemala part of the IEA (International Energy Agency)?

No, Guatemala is not a member or an association of the IEA.

What is Guatemala's renewable vs fossil fuel energy mix?

Guatemala uses 59% energy from renewable sources compared to 40.61% energy from fossil fuel sources.

Guatemala's Climate Change Action

A list of some of Guatemala's common climate change questions.

Have Guatemala's government pledged to ban diesel and petrol cars?

Currently there are no plans by Guatemala's government to ban ICE cars, such as diesel and petrol..


Have Guatemala's government pledged to be a net zero country?

Currently there are no plans by Guatemala's government to become a net zero country.


Does Guatemala's electricity mix still contain coal?

Yes, Guatemala's electricity does still contain coal as part of the countries energy mix.

Does Guatemala's generate nuclear electricity?

No, Guatemala's does generate nuclear electricity.

Guatemala's Climate Change Resources

National Climate Change Entity

Are you looking for your countries department for action against climate change? If so, the website below is Guatemala's dedicated environment and global warming resource. We encourage everyone to put pressure on local and national government's to put climate change high on their priority and to push forward with climate positive laws.

Ministerio de Ambiente y Recursos Naturales

Guatemala's Comparison Against Countries

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