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Water Security – Peru Case
Environment Officers Conference
Presented by: Emily Waytoti
February 2016
Securing Peru’s Water Supply
in the Context of Climate
Change
Design Evolution
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GCC Adaptation - Why water?
Focus and Selectivity (limited funding)
Use of Open Standards
Challenges in addressing “glacier” mandate
Responding to Glacier Melt
Responding to glacier retreat distinguishes the climate change
vulnerability of Peru from other regions and underpins the Agency’s
allocation of climate change adaptation funds to the Mission.
71% of worlds tropical
glaciers are in Peru
Melting glaciers as THE issue address…
or canary in the coal mine of broader climate
change to Andean highland ecosystems?
Evolution in design
and scoping
Glaciers?
Water?
Cities?
Rural Poor?
Agriculture?
Infrastructure?
Upper Watershed Rural Areas
Glaciers and Watershed Management
Agriculture
Mining
Downstream Watershed Urban Areas
Infrastructure, Sustainable Cities, Export Agriculture
Feb 2013: Torrential rain in Arequipa has left 5 dead, and
thousands homeless, local newspaper Peru21 reported.
Vulnerability = f (exposure, sensitivity, adaptive capacity)
Vulnerability Analysis – Summary for Peru
Climate
Variability
Climate Threats:
1. Increased variability in precipitation (shorter more intense rainy season)
2. Overall warming trend punctuated with extreme events (storms, freezes, cold snap)
3. Increased hydrological variability (floods and droughts)
Exposure
People, Places, Livelihoods:
1. Highlands have greatest physical proximity and exposure
2. Downstream cities most density of exposed population
3. Infrastructure and agriculture high economic value of assets and livelihoods
Sensitivity
Degree Affected:
1. Rural Poverty
2. Ecosystem fragility
3. Climate-sensitive economic sectors (agriculture, infrastructure)
Adaptive Capacity
Vulnerability
Ability to Respond:
1. Low adaptive capacity in rural agriculture
2. High-value results expected with modest investment benefitting the most vulnerable
areas in cities
Most Vulnerable:
1. Highland populations, agriculture, and ecosystems
2. Downstream Cities water security and infrastructure resilience
Used Open Standards Methodology
Results Chain
Project Goal: Water supply safeguarded for urban populations vulnerable
to climate changes to Andean hydrology..
Project Purpose: Green infrastructure is scaled up
in Peru as an adaptation strategy to regulate water
supply
Glacier
Risks of floods
and demand
side efficiencies
Climate
Change
Water supply
regulation in
the upper
watersheds
Green infrastructure
Quebrada Querococha
Laguna de Querococha
Current Degradation
Exacerbated by CC
Degradad Wetlands (Bofedales)
Check dams to
restore wetland
Thank you