Inter Press Service: The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean need billions of dollars to deal with the economic impact of climate change — funding that is not easily found on the international market. A World Bank study presented Friday, the first day of a Nov. 21-23 congress of legislators from the Americas meeting in Mexico City to discuss the challenges of the global financial and climate crises, says natural disasters related to climate change, like storms, drought and flooding, cost 0.6 …