Peru hosts a staggering diversity of climate zones and ecosystems. Its lush Amazon forests store vast amounts of carbon and biodiversity, and its mountain glaciers provide water for the majority of the population on the desert coast. Yet with increased temperatures associated with climate change, coupled with destructive illegal mining, logging, and drug trade, Peru is confronting broad-scale watershed management issues. These range from glacial melting, to significant forest loss. USAID supports Peru’s sustainable landscape programs to conserve forests in the Peruvian Amazon Basin and with programming in the Andes to adapt to water-related threats.

Climate Change Information

• Maintaining Water Security in Peru Through Green Infrastructure (2018, 4 pages)
• Climate Change Risk Profile: Peru (2017, 5 pages)
• Perfil de Riesgo Climatico: Perú (2017, 6 pages)
• Climate Vulnerability Profile: Peru (2013, 2 pages)
• Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Desktop Study: Peru (2011, 72 pages)
• GHG Emissions Factsheet: Peru (2015, 2 pages)

USAID Activities

• USAID - Peru
• Progress Toward Climate Resilience in Peru
• Lessons Learned from the High Mountains Adaptation Partnership
• Final Evaluation: From the Highlands to the Coast
• Enhancing Forestry Governance in the Peruvian Amazon: Mid-term Evaluation of Peru Forest Sector Initiative
• Adapting to Melting Glaciers: A Partnership Approach
• Climate Change and Conflict in Africa and Latin America: Findings and Preliminary Lessons from Uganda, Ethiopia, and Peru
• Climate Change and Conflict: Findings and Lessons Learned from Five Case Studies in Seven Countries
• Is Indonesian Peatland Loss a Cautionary Tale for Peru? A Two-Country Comparison of the Magnitude and Causes of Tropical Peatland Degradation
• See USAID IDEA indicator compilation for Peru: climate, energy, environment and more

Country Plans & Commitments

• Intended Nationally Determined Contribution country profile on CAIT
• Peru Climate Change Gender Action Plan (ccGAP) Report (in Spanish)