Effective environmental governance through the Lima Metropolitan Environmental Commission

Currently, the city of Lima faces various environmental challenges such as the loss and impact of coastal hills, air and river pollution, inadequate management and handling of solid waste, among other problems that are being addressed by local governments. However, for strategies and interventions to be more successful, it is necessary to involve the participation of all actors in society.

For this reason, since 2009, the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima has been implementing the Metropolitan Environmental Commission (CAMET), as the body in charge of coordinating and coordinating the National Environmental Policy, within the framework of the Metropolitan Environmental Management System (SMGA). of the province of Lima, promoting dialogue and agreement between local sectors, the Ministry of the Environment (MINAM) and other competent entities in environmental management.

In this framework, since 2019, CAMET has promoted inclusive governance for the benefit of citizens, based on improvements in its operation that link competencies, responsibilities, commitments, and environmental interests between the public and private sectors, and civil society; thus generating multi-actor articulations for the improvement of environmental management in the province of Lima, from a gender and intergenerational approach aligned to three Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda.

These advances were in response to the aspects of improvement that were identified during the 2009-2018 period. Since then, their roles have been updated, the information has been made transparent, and the vertical work dynamic has been transformed into a horizontal one, in which dialogue between local actors is encouraged; becoming the main instance for effective environmental governance in the province of Lima.

As a result, to date 55 actors have participated, the same ones who have provided contributions in the construction of 35 regulations and management instruments, as well as in the implementation of 35 local initiatives and in the intervention of 2 specific and conjunctural problems. As a result, a total of 72 multisectoral actions were carried out in an articulated manner that have benefited 27,249 people, 14 municipalities and 10,900 trees have been planted in South Lima. Likewise, through a survey on the work of CAMET carried out in 2021, 82.4% of the actors consider that their organization has a voice in environmental management in Lima, and 76.5% consider that their organization influences environmental management. of Lima, finally achieving that 79% of actors consider that decision-making is inclusive and participatory.

More information:

https://www.munlima.gob.pe/

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