SUPPORTING NATIONAL ACTION AND PLANNING ON SLCPs PERU

This fact sheet describes Peru's participation in the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) SNAP initiative to develop national planning for the mitigation of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs). It outlines the establishment of institutional frameworks, the use of technical toolkits for emission inventories and cost-benefit analysis, and specific sectoral actions targeting diesel vehicles, cookstoves, and brick production to improve air quality and public health.

• Outdoor air pollution is identified as the most significant environmental problem in Peru, causing approximately 9,373 premature deaths every year, with Lima noted as one of the most polluted cities in the Latin America and the Caribbean region.
• To manage SLCP mitigation, Peru has created an SLCP Unit within the Ministry of Environment's Environmental Quality Department. The government plans to establish an Advisory Committee for defining mitigation scenarios and costs, as well as a Technical Committee comprising academia, ministerial representatives, and other stakeholders to review emission inventory data and feasibility.
• Peru is utilizing the SNAP toolkit, including the LEAP-IBC and USEPA BenMAP-CE tools, to develop a national emission inventory and conduct health impact and cost-benefit analyses. While the transport sector is estimated to be the largest urban air pollution contributor, specific data for black carbon emissions is currently lacking.
• The government is implementing several sectoral measures to reduce emissions: transitioning to EURO V vehicle standards between 2010 and 2021, reducing crop burning, and implementing bus rapid transit in large cities. A national air quality plan is being developed to serve as an "umbrella" for local plans and will include emission inventories for 31 cities.
• Specific technological interventions have yielded measurable results: by 2015, 62% of diesel sold in Peru had sulphur content of 50 ppm or less; by June 2012, 235,263 certified clean cookstoves were installed; and since 2012, 145 new practices in artisanal brick production reduced annual emissions by 109,128 tCO2 and increased annual income by US$ 1,367,855.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (n.d.). SUPPORTING NATIONAL ACTION AND PLANNING ON SLCPs PERU. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/11.2-ccac-snap-factsheet-peru.pdf

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. SUPPORTING NATIONAL ACTION AND PLANNING ON SLCPs PERU. n.d. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/11.2-ccac-snap-factsheet-peru.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitutendsupporting, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{SUPPORTING NATIONAL ACTION AND PLANNING ON SLCPs PERU}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/11.2-ccac-snap-factsheet-peru.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }