Outlook on climate change adaptation in the Tropical Andes mountains

exchange proposals and evidence to assess the effects of climate change. CNCC has technical groups formed by intersectoral entities addressing several topics, including climate change adaptation. Additionally, Peru’s subnational governments have to include climate change considerations in their development plans. In September 2014, 14 regional governments agreed to draw up Regional Strategies for Climate Change (RSCC), 23 had created Regional Technical Groups for Climate Change, and one formed a Regional Council for Climate Change and elaborated an Implementation Plan for its RSCC (Ministerio del Ambiente, 2015). Peru hosted the UNFCCC COP20 in December 2014, which put climate change and mountains on the national agenda and empowered civil institutions working on it. Currently, there is activism for climate change awareness in the population; particularly among youngpeople. Some indigenous organizations participated in the COP and have undertaken various actions to build capacity and adopt climate change adaptation measures. Furthermore, there are high expectations for the adaptation goals proposed in the INDC, which include increasing water availability; reducing the negative impacts of climate change on agriculture and fisheries; increasing forest resilience through sustainable land management and taking a landscape perspective; and reducing vulnerability and increasing resilience to climate change effects on health. 49 The National Adaptation Plan – the national instrument for implementing these goals – is expected to be elaborated soon; however, funding has not been secured to complete the activities needed.

Case study: Objectives of the CICC

The CICC’s constitution authorizes it to establish sectoral councils able to call on institutions to undertake sectoral and intersectoral actions. The actions are coordinated by a ministry and have a technical secretary, full members, associated members and guest members. Civil participation is not formally included in the ENCC. However, the ENCC emphasizes the relevance of considering the opinion of civil society when implementing adaptation actions at the local level. Peru MINAM is the institution responsible for climate change adaptation and creates the National Strategy for Climate Change (Ministerio del Ambiente, 2015). MINAMhas a General Directorate of Climate Change, Desertification and Water Resources 3. Coordinating the preparation and validation of mitigation and adaptation parameters for public budgeting projects 4. Enabling the participation, counselling and the assembling of specific work groups The CICC has the following objectives in the context of climate change: 1. Leading and coordinating the execution of policies relevant to climate change, the ENCC and the agreements of the UNFCCC 2. Promoting research and technical input for policy development

(DGCCDRH) that directly supervises climate change policy. Though MINAM is a governing body, it has to coordinate its actions on sectoral issues with other ministries. For instance, to address climate change impacts on fishing, MINAM has to coordinate with the Ministry of Production. Further, MINAM’s budget has to be approved by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, though climate change research and projects are also funded by other sources such as through international cooperation. The funds, however, support specific projects (responding to a specific interest of the concerned funding agency or country) for a specific period of time. Peru’s governing agency leads a National Commission for Climate Change (CNCC). Within this Commission, civil society and the government 5. Supporting technical counselling, specialization and diffusion of innovations 6. Gaining additional financial and technical support through international cooperation 7. Defining official positions and delegations for international negotiations and 8. Coordinating, facilitating the preparation of, and approving the national reports and technical instruments for international presentations. capacity-building,

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