Peru

Peru joined the Climate & Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) in 2013. As a participant in CCAC initiatives on agriculture, bricks, waste and national planning, Peru is taking cross-sectoral action on short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) to improve air quality and mitigate against climate change.

Speaking at the CCAC’s 11th High-Level Assembly in 2019, Gabriel Quijandría, Minister of Environment, recognised air quality as a key issue for sustainable development and outlined measures the country is taking to improve air quality, including national incentives for the use of cleaner fuels and support to vulnerable groups that suffer most from air pollution.

In 2019, Peru introduced the National Program for Sustainable Urban Transport (PROMOVILIDAD) that aims to provide cities with safe, reliable and sustainable transport systems. Through technical and financial assistance to municipalities, the programme plans to improve local mobility, reduce travel times, increase road safety and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants.

Peru’s Nationally Appropriate Mitigative Actions (NAMAs) look to mitigate climate change and achieve the goals set out in their Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). The Sustainable Urban Transport NAMA (TRANSPerú) focuses on the provision of high-quality public transport and the optimisation of the vehicle fleet. Measures for the Lima/Callao metropolitan area under TRANSPerú include: the creation of a new 27km metro line; additions to the bus network; the construction of 60km of additional bicycle lanes; creation of 16,000 bike parking spaces at public transport stations.

The Solid Waste NAMA aims to minimize emissions of greenhouse gases, including methane, from waste disposal. In order to achieve this, a NAMA Readiness Programme was supported by the Nordic Partnership Initiative. The Solid Waste Law, passed in 2016, was supported and informed by the NAMA. This law applies the principles of the circular economy, creating a framework for enforcing the recovery and recycling of waste and extended producer responsibility to efficiently manage solid waste and contribute to the protection of human health and the environment.

Peru is a member of the Ibero-American Network of Climate Change Offices (RIOCC), through which it supports capacity building and facilitates the exchanges on the priorities, challenges and experience of the Ibero-American region.  Peru is supported by the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation and SwissContact to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) through the Climate and Clean Air project in Latin American Cities Plus (CALAC+) project. Through CALAC+ an inventory of off-road machinery emission in Peru has been constructed and a cost-benefit study for the introduction of EURO-VI emissions standards has been carried out. 

Read below for more highlights of the Peru’s work.