10:30 | Arenillas, Oct. 31.
Peruvian President Ollanta Humala announced Peru and Ecuador will get together to chart a course of action against climate change in the Amazon rainforest and its connection with the El Niño meteorological phenomenon on the sideline of COP20, taking place in Lima next month.
At the Binational Cabinet meeting held in Ecuador, Mr. Humala said he agreed with his Ecuadorian counterpart that Amazon rainforest countries like Ecuador and Peru must make their voices heard at COP20 in order to protect it from climate change.
“The voices of countries that share the Amazon rainforest must be heard,” he pointed out after highlighting that Ecuador attaches a great deal of importance to this meeting, as a large delegation is expected to flock to Lima in December.
Among the deals signed in Arenillas, Ecuador, the Peruvian leader stood out that by which the two governments agree to submit a draft report in the interests of both countries at the aferementioned climate change meeting.
In addition, he thinks the international community should also start assessing the losses caused by El Niño in countries such as Ecuador and Peru.
In this sense, he claimed that even though global warming does not cause El Niño event, it does increase its frequency, which brings negative consequences such as changing rainfall patterns and the crop calendar.
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Published: 10/31/2014