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Lima: A positive end to a breakthrough year for the climate movement?

Blog entry by Daniel Mittler | 28 November, 2014 6 comments

There is no question: 2014 has been a key year for the politics of climate change already, even before the latest round of climate talks get under way in Lima, Peru, next week. This is the year that you, and people like you, turned ...

Appreciating the Arctic: Miryam Justo

Video | 10 August, 2012 at 18:28

Peruvian Guide, Miryam Justo, considers being selected to go the Arctic with Greenpeace as a once in a lifetime opportunity. She became a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts when she was 9 years old and and has been...

Glacial melt in Peru

Generic multimedia item | 19 September, 2005 at 2:00

Glaciers in the Peruvian Andes could disappear within a decade. Within the lifetime of local residents alive today, the effects of Global Warming have become a daily reality.

The Qori Kalis is disappearing at an alarming rate

Image | 1 April, 2000 at 3:00

The Qori Kalis is disappearing at an alarming rate: between 1998 and 2001 it retreated an average of 155 metres per year - an alarming 32 times faster than the average annual retreat from 1963 to 1978.

Arctic Guides

Video | 12 August, 2012 at 12:46

Greenpeace and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts have teamed up to save the Arctic. 19-year-old Yvette Sena Blankson from Ghana is the youngest passenger on the Greenpeace ship, the Arctic Sunrise. From Peru, Miryam Justo...

Sloth (Bradybus variegates) in forest of

Image | 1 January, 1998 at 2:00

Sloth (Bradybus variegates) in forest of Peru.

Sacred Mountains of the Inca civilisation disappearing

Image | 1 April, 1978 at 3:00

The Qori Kalis Glacier is the largest ice outlet from the Quelccaya Ice Cap which tops the Cordillera Vilcanota in southeast corner of Peru. They are the Sacred Mountains of Inca civilisation. The ice cap itself has shrunk by at least 20 percent...

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