Week 10: Extreme Weather

Heavy rainfall is one of the most critical and devastating weather that continues affecting Southern Peru. This is causing rivers to overflow, triggering many floods, and creating landslides in the Andes mountains. The weather varies in Peru but the changes in altitude are so extreme that the climate can go from excruciatingly hot to freezing snow. 

The country of Peru presented their “National Registry of Mitigation Measures” in September of last year participating with NYC Climate Week. The purpose of this action is to “collect, register, monitor, and manage information on emission reductions. Peru is wanting to standardize the content of mitigation measures for; energy, forest, etc. Also, due to Peru’s sensitivity to droughts and floods, the government is hoping to install reservoirs in the mountain ranges. Nieto quoted, “That way we would guarantee our water supply so that rains become a blessing rather than a problem.”

Work Cited:

https://www.globalcompliancenews.com/2020/12/01/peru-government-launches-the-national-registry-of-mitigation-measures-digital-platform-during-2020-nyc-climate-week-29102020/

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2017/apr/13/peru-prevent-floods-landslides-climate-change