Recognising the risks – what do people in Lima think about climate change? | International Institute for Environment and Development
While heads of state, ministers and negotiators met in Lima, Peru, this month to try to negotiate a global deal at the UN climate talks, local people have been developing their own adaptation strategy – and seem to find it equally difficult to face up to the scale of the problem.
Peru's
Quelccaya ice cap is the largest glaciated area in the tropics;
glaciers play a significant role in Lima's water provision (Photo:
Wikipedia via Creative Commons)
