Peru’s Cordillera Blanca rapidly melting, threatens ecosystem

A warming process in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca – the Andean country’s most important glacier system – is causing ice and snow to melt at an accelerated rate, jeopardizing ecosystems, water supplies and the safety of Peruvians in the region, the country’s main water authority reiterated this week.

Climate Change Adaptation Program to be implemented in Departments of Cuzco and Apurímac

Peru’s Environment Ministry and Switzerland’s Agency for Development and Cooperation, or Cosude, are to implement a Climate Change Adaptation Program in Peru’s Departments of Cuzco and Apurímac, daily La República reported Monday. “By ratifying the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, Switzerland has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and [...]

Thousands of hectares of potato and corn gone to waste: blame climate change says Peru Environment Ministry

Approximately 80,000 hectares of potato and 60,000 hectares of corn crops that would have nourished up to 11 million Peruvians have gone to waste during the past 12 harvests because of climate change and soil degradation, Peru’s Environment Ministry said Monday.

Quilca Mountain’s snow-covered peak has completely melted away: climate change blamed

Just two years after residents and local authorities first sounded the alarm, climate change is being blamed for the complete disappearance of Quilca Mountain’s snow cap, state news agency Andina reported Monday. “There is no snow left,” said Omar Velásquez, an administrative irrigation technician employed by the San Román Agrarian Agency, located in the highland [...]