Voices

Voices for the Climate

Gobierno del Per
PROPOSALS AND INITIATIVES
TO DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE
Voices for the Climate is a space in which Peru, as host
country for COP20, welcomes domestic and foreign visitors.
It is a space that shows the diversity of proposals and initiatives
regarding climate change and emphasizes the ve emblematic issues
that have been prioritized in Perus internal climate agenda: Forests,
Mountains and Water, Oceans, Energy and Sustainable Cities.
PERU
COP20
Ho s t
VOICES FOR THE CLIMATE HAS BEEN CREATED TO:

Contribute to raise awareness on the importance of climate change, its management and the relevance of COP20
to consolidate the climate agenda and to generate informed debate at domestic, regional and global levels.
IT SEEKS TO:
Facilitate dialogue and meeting spaces among diferent audiences and players.
Make visible multi-sector headway, initiatives and proposals regarding climate change: by the Ministry of
Environment and other Government ministries, civil society and private sector.
Raise awareness around Climate Change regarding: forests, oceans, energy, sustainable cities, and mountains
and water.
Voices for the Climate is a space for
participation, dialogue and learning that
enables us all to be part of COP20.
ALL ARE
INVITED:
Citizens and public at large.
Delegations from COP20 Parties and observer
organizations.
International cooperation entities.
Academic institutions, school and university students,
professionals, teachers and researchers.
Local, regional and international environmental and
development non-governmental organizations.
Private sector, including corporations and MSEs
Public sector, national and sub-national government
representatives.
Domestic and international press.
Each one of the emblematic themes will be shown in ve pavilions and one threshold
hall, which expands over 3600 m2 of museographic exhibit.
The Threshold Hall will explain what climate change is, progress made around it and
Perus roles in COP20.
Visitors may interact and understand all that refers to climate change through a
number of communicative, creative and dynamic proposals in forums and debates.
PAVILIONS
STANDS
There will be more than 400 stands for public sector, civil society, private companies
and any other organization interested in exhibiting its projects and headway made on
issues related to climate change and other environmental responsibility matters.
Located in strategic places, easily accessible by the public and available in 4 m2, 8 m2,
12 m2 and 16 m2 formats, at diferentiated costs according to the type of organization.
It will be an opportunity to get in touch with an international network of organizations
linked to environmental issues.
The indigenous peoples maloca will gather several
organizations and representatives from indigenous
peoples in Peru and the world over. Indigenous
Peoples will express their initiatives and
knowledge on climate change.
INDIGENOUS

PEOPLES
MALOCA
WORK SPACES
Among others:
Press room
Meeting rooms
RECREATIONAL SPACES
Spaces aimed at free activities, resting and indulging in food and beverages.
TUNNEL
This is the entry space to the pavilions where an artistic eco-cultural exhibit will be
ofered. Its objective is to raise awareness on protection of biological diversity, geo-
graphy, ecology, culture, ethnicity, archaeology and art in Peru.
CULTURAL
AGENDA

A variety of artistic and cultural shows of diferent kinds have
been identied and will be presented in auditoriums and open
spaces, inside and outside the space devoted for
Voices for the Climate.
SPONSORSHIP
PROGRAM
A sponsor program has been developed for institutions interested
in participating inVoices for the Climate.
RELEVANT
DATA

OPENING DATES AND TIMES:

From December 1 to 12, 2014
from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
LOCATION:
Jockey Club del Per
(Av. El Derby, Santiago de Surco).
PARKING:
There will be parking lots for vehicles with
hourly fees.


It ofers exhibit and exchange areas so that participants can express themselves and learn more about climate
change, about the impact of human activity on the environment, as well as about the problems, proposals and
opportunities at global and local levels.
COP is the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC). It is the mechanism through which State parties dene follow-up actions regarding compliance
with Convention objectives and with its complementary instruments.
COP20 Lima will lay the foundations for a New Global Agreement to be signed in 2015 (in COP21 in Paris) and
that will come into efect in 2020 to implement concrete actions to reduce emissions.
Climate change efects are all over the world, such as temperature and rainfall changes, glacier
recession, sea-level increase, more intensity and frequency of extreme events, among others.
Climate change can have diferent impacts in the Peruvian territory due to its characteristics. Peru is
one of the 10 most mega-diverse countries in the world, because it has the second larger Amazon
forest and the largest chain of tropical mountains. In Peru you can nd 84 out of the 104 life zones
identied in the planet, and 27 out of the 32 climates identied in the world. Besides, the country is
rich in glaciers, since it has 71% of tropical glaciers in the world.
COP20 will take place at the Armys General Headquarters, in San Borja, from December 1 to 12.
Representatives from UNFCCC Parties, observer organizations and accredited press will meet there.
www.cop20.pe/en/voces-por-el-clima/
vocesporelclima@minam.gob.pe
AUDITORIUMS
CENTRAL AUDITORIUM
(Capacity: 750 people)
FIVE TOPICAL AUDITORIUMS
(Capacity: 100 people)
MULTIPLE AUDITORIUM
(Capacity: 200 people)
INDIGENOUS PEOLPLES AUDITORIUM
(Capacity: 150 people)
WE OFFER DIFFERENT SPACES
Deferred broadcasting of what happens at the negotiation center of COP20
There is no payment required to enter
Voices for the Climate.
www.cop20.pe @LimaCOP20 Cop20Lima goo.gl/TLF6le

UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE 2014