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Peru is working on protecting its tropical rain forests and better managing agriculture, which account for the bulk of its climate-warming emissions. Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal said the measures will be the cornerstone of Peru's contribution to a global climate deal that envoys from more than 190 nations will attempt to broker in Paris at the end of next year. |
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Next year's international climate change conference in Paris represents the best shot for securing a global agreement on cutting carbon pollution-and avoiding the worst effects of climate change. But deals like that don't come out of nowhere. Much of the groundwork will be laid in the next two weeks, at a less-hyped but critically important conference being held in Lima, Peru.
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With temperature data showing 2014 currently tied for the hottest year on record, the U.N. weather agency on Wednesday rejected claims that global warming has paused.
The World Meteorological Organization said the global average temperature in January-October was 0.57 Celsius (1.03 Fahrenheit) above average, the same as in record hot year 2010.
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 The Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Christiana Figueres, highlighted Peru's political leadership on the diplomatic negotiations to guarantee COP20 success in Lima.
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Although its entry to the Peruvian market may seem distant unlike Europe, where it is a reality, the electric car is being exhibited at the UNFCCC COP20 event and is surprising attendees with its zero carbon emission and zero noise pollution.
This vehicle is one of the novelties at Voices for Climate, alternative space to the COP20 that takes place at the Jockey Club del Peru.
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 Destruction of the Peruvian Amazon is rising after expanding over more than 145 000 hectares last year - an 80% jump from the start of the century, the government said on Tuesday. Forest is mainly being cleared for farming, said Gustavo Suarez de Freitas, an official in the environment ministry.
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 Peru's economic stability will enable the country have the tools to solve several challenges posed by economic slowdown, highlighted President Ollanta Humala after holding a meeting the International Monetary Fund's Managing Director, Christine Lagarde.
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 Turkey will not land its second free trade agreement in South America before the end of 2014, a Peruvian official confirmed late Dec. 2.
The second round of talks here last week achieved "positive results," but the parties will reconvene in the Turkish capital of Ankara next March, Peru's Minister for Foreign Trade and Tourism Magali Silva said.
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Mexico's stock exchange on Tuesday carried out its first operation as a member of the Latin American Integrated Market, or MILA, which connects it to bourses in Chile, Colombia and Peru, MILA said in a statement.
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According to National Agrarian Health Service (Senasa), Peruvian citrus products will have an easier access to the Chinese market now that the "Protocol of Phytosanitary Requirements for the Export of Citrus Fruit from Peru to China" has been modified by the Chinese Health authorities.
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 Natural-products companies based in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere have steadily built a market for maca, a small turnip-like root that grows in high mountain areas, and that is believed to give a burst of energy, especially as a sort of natural Viagra.
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 United Cacao has listed on the London Stock Exchange to set up the world's largest commercial cocoa plantation in Peru and promises fermentation to buyers' standards.
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 The Rotary Clubs of the area are seeking four outstanding young adults to visit Peru for a month-long, expense-paid cultural exchange trip. Sponsored by the Rotary Foundation, the Group Study Exchange team will travel throughout this part of the world from mid-April to mid-May, 2015. As ambassadors of Rotary, groups of young adults from two different parts of the world will visit each others' countries to share their personal, cultural and professional experiences with those they meet in their host country.
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On 27 November Peruvian Defence Minister Pedro Cateriano made a presentation to the Peruvian Congress to present 2014 budget results and outline 2015 budget projects, providing valuable information on several Peruvian military acquisition programmes currently in progress or soon to be launched.
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Cuy, one of Peru's most famous dishes, is not for the faint of heart; it's fried or roasted guinea pig, and it's a Peruvian delicacy. Cuy (pronounced "kwee"), which is...guinea pig. While it might seem unconventional to tuck into furry critters better known as domesticated pets in the West, this indigenous mammal has been a staple in Peru's Andean diet for around 5,000 years. (It even has its own national holiday on the second Friday of October.) |
You don't need a ton of cash to see the sights in Peru, including Macchu Pichu and Lima. Find out how to get there-and have an excellent trip-on a budget. |
Today the opening of the Second Annual Bolivarian Beach games takes place in Huanchaco, Peru commencing 10 days of intense beach sports.
The sunny northern beach town of Peru will be hosting 12 different events with nine countries competing for gold. Peru will compete to maintain their golden status from the first annual beach games with 155 athletes composed of 64 women and 91 men.
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Spain is known as the main destination country in Europe for Peruvian migrants. But how has the migration process evolved over the last decades? An interview with Mrs. Lourdes Hilbck, Peruvian Consul in Valencia and region of Murcia.
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