How Countries Manage Water: Peru
How Countries Manage Water: Peru
By
Ben Miller, Emilie Sweigart
A close look at the country's top water-related challenges - and the government's efforts to address them.
This article was adapted from AQ's latest issue on the politics of water.
Peru’s Framework Law for Climate Change, enacted in April 2018, incorporates climate risk into all investment projects and makes the country’s climate change commitments legally binding. Water governance is under the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, but administrative authorities manage local water systems. Two major projects are underway that revamp the country’s...
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