This article analyzes climate change from a historical perspective. Therefore, it begins with a summary of the background and evolution of the approach taken by academics and authorities in this regard. All of that is framed within the challenges presented in order to face the consequences that global warming will bring to the human population, especially in the Peruvian case. With that purpose, it puts emphasis on the most urgent aspects and the proposals made about the problem. Finally, it discusses the measures taken during the meetings conducted by different countries and international organizations in order to generate compromises which allow the viability of reducing climate change and its effects.

Desde 1950, la población predominantemente rural (75 %) en el Perú se ha trasladado a las ciudades. El fenómeno fue calificado como “desborde popular” por José Matos Mar del Instituto de Estudios Peruanos. Las grandes migraciones interculturales han transformado el mercado interno y la economía, con significativas repercusiones en la sociedad y la cultura del Perú.

This article analyzes climate change from a historical perspective. Therefore, it begins with a summary of the background and evolution of the approach taken by academics and authorities in this regard. All of that is framed within the challenges presented in order to face the consequences that global warming will bring to the human population, especially in the Peruvian case. With that purpose, it puts emphasis on the most urgent aspects and the proposals made about the problem. Finally, it discusses the measures taken during the meetings conducted by different countries and international organizations in order to generate compromises which allow the viability of reducing climate change and its effects.

La historia del Perú es una suerte de “espejo de Próspero“ de la historia occidental. Las naciones desarrolladas occidentales poseen y dirigen el sistema bancario internacional, controlan todas las grandes divisas del mercado, son el principal cliente del mundo, proporcionan la mayoría de los productos acabados del mundo, y dominan los mercados internacionales de capital. Asimismo, las diversas teorías del desarrollo coinciden en la cooperación entre países como parte de la construcción de un nuevo orden internacional global económico, político, cultural y militar. El análisis de las fuentes de cooperación también es fundamental para descubrir motivaciones económicas, comerciales, geopolíticas, culturales o humanitarias. En consecuencia, la modernidad occidental argumenta el desarrollo como ideología universalista de transición de las sociedades tradicionales a las mo...

Desde 1950, la población predominantemente rural (75 %) en el Perú se ha trasladado a las ciudades. El fenómeno fue calificado como “desborde popular” por José Matos Mar del Instituto de Estudios Peruanos. Las grandes migraciones interculturales han transformado el mercado interno y la economía, con significativas repercusiones en la sociedad y la cultura del Perú.

This article analyzes climate change from a historical perspective. Therefore, it begins with a summary of the background and evolution of the approach taken by academics and authorities in this regard. All of that is framed within the challenges presented in order to face the consequences that global warming will bring to the human population, especially in the Peruvian case. With that purpose, it puts emphasis on the most urgent aspects and the proposals made about the problem. Finally, it discusses the measures taken during the meetings conducted by different countries and international organizations in order to generate compromises which allow the viability of reducing climate change and its effects.