Peru: Technical Assistance Report-Report of the Diagnostic Mission on Macro-relevant Climate Change Statistics (July 10–14, 2023)

Peru has made significant commitments to climate change through the Law N°30754. The law stipulates the development of a national plan to fight climate change and emphasizes upon the production of data and statistics to monitor and guide the implementation of the Nationally Determined Contributions. Peru’s National Statistical Office (INEI) regularly compiles and releases publications related to environment statistics and accounts based on the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) in collaboration with the concerned official agencies. However, there is a need for production of timely, coherent statistics to effectively monitor NDCs and guide the implementation of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. In this context, a mission took place from July 10–14, 2023, funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and hosted by INEI, Peru. During this mission, discussions with authorities focused on key priorities, identifying feasible developments such as SEEA energy and emissions flow accounts, and establishment of domestic carbon footprints.