Assessing and addressing climate-induced loss and damage in Peru: A study of communities in the high Andes
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Authors
Colin I. McQuistan
Jan R. Baiker
Dina Farfan Flores
Javier Farfan Flores
Miguel Arestegui
Issue Date
2025-09
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Other
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en
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The impacts of climate change are increasing in severity and frequency, and climate events such as droughts and floods result in loss and damage (L&D) and are becoming an increasingly common experience for the indigenous communities living in the High Andes in Peru, many of whom already face extreme poverty. This study examines the lived reality of the affected communities in Peru, particularly in the Vilcanota-Urubamba watershed in the Andes. The research reviews existing assessments of climate impacts and the current institutional landscape, to propose an integrated development and response system that brings together international, subnational, and local actors to deliver effective and holistic actions to avert, minimize and address L&D, to the benefit of local communities and nature.
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Practical Action