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Item Restricted Climate change communication in Peru(Oxford University Press, 2017-04) Takahashi, Bruno; Martínez Grimaldo, AlejandraPeru is one of the most biodiverse countries on the planet. More than 65% of the country is covered by the Amazon rainforest, and the Andes region is home to more than 70% of the worlds's tropical glaciers. This abundance of natural resources also makes the country highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The Peru government therefore requires the development and implementation of action plans to adapt to the present and future impacts of climate change. At the same time, it requires the development of sound communication strategies that include collaboration with skateholders such as the media and nongovernmenta organizations. Media coverage of cliamte change can have important implications for policy decision making. This is specially salient in context of low information availability where media reports play and important role in filing knowledge gaps that in turn can affect the way policies are developed...