Turning Climate Adaptation Commitments into Reality in Peru

Jan 26, 2022
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Peru was one of the first countries to set climate adaptation goals as part of its climate change commitments, known as Nationally Determined Contributions or NDCs. These commitments enshrined in the Paris Agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are the pathway through which countries are working to limit the increase in global average temperatures and to foster resilience against the effects of climate change.

An adaptation project underway in the Andes, supported by the Global Environment Facility, the GEF-managed Special Climate Change Fund, CAF – the development bank of Latin America, and CONDESAN – the Consortium for the Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion, in partnership with the environment ministries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, is helping to turn these commitments into reality.

The Andes Adaptation to the Impacts of Climate Change on the Water Resources Project (AICCA) started in 2018 and is establishing a route for the fulfillment of Peru’s climate goals. It focuses on sustainable agriculture, with the incorporation of climate risk management in irrigation investment projects. One of the project’s first activities involved multi-stakeholder, multi-sectoral discussions to build alliances, understanding, and agreement around national climate action. In support of this, AICCA provided technical assistance to the government in the development of the Framework Law on Climate Change and its regulations.