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Natural climate patterns such as El Niño are causing tropical glaciers to lose their ice at an alarming rate, a new study has found.
Ohio State University
View of the volcano behing the city of Arequipa, Peru
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In Peru, Hombro a Hombro, CBi’s partner on the ground, is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to change the face of disaster preparedness.
Connecting Business initiative
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Monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) systems are about ensuring we implement climate change adaptation more effectively and more efficiently.
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Community carpenters construct new houses in Fiji
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From Cambodia to Peru, a suite of innovative projects are helping communities weather a range of climate-related perils. Here is a closer look at five of those efforts.
United Nations Environment Programme
Stranded boats on the Amazon riverbanks as drought hits the Amazon river
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The forecast for November 2023 through January 2024 is for drought across almost the whole region. Some projected rain in Peru may help with water levels in the Amazon River, but the wider region remains exposed to drought stress and forest fires.
Conversation Media Group, the
Research briefs
Research teams from the University of Innsbruck and Hamburg have studied the regions' water cycle for decades. These studies were essential to understanding the underlying physical processes that accelerate the melting process in the tropical glaciers.
University of Innsbruck
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As the climate warms, the increase in the occurrence of disasters in the high Andean regions and the alteration of water availability are the challenges that most worry the communities in the upper part of the Cordillera.
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Cover and source: Global Earthquake Model Foundation
Documents and publications
This seismic risk profile of Peru, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.

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