Green Night aims to spark climate change awareness in Lima

Green Pecha Kucha Night

13:24 | Lima, Nov. 08.

The civil society will display a selection of the best projects related to climate change during the largest informal environmental event in Lima prior to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP20).

Following the success of its first edition, Mega, Green Pecha Kucha Night, Pre COP is a thematic event that will gather the top thirteen climate change ideas from various disciplines on Wednesday, November 19.

Speakers at this green expo will share their projects using the format of 20 images x 20 seconds each, that is, each speaker gets 20 slides, which proceed automatically every 20 seconds. 

The Mega Pecha Kucha, which is the only free event for 4000 people prior to COP20, is a unique space to learn about innovative projects on climate change. 

The display, taking place in the amphitheater of Parque de la Exposicion, will become a space for interaction among the participants at the end of the presentations.

As is well known, COP20 will be held in December, an event that will gather negotiators from 197 countries and other international leading organizations in Lima to negotiate the future of the planet.


Mega Green Pecha Kucha Night, Pre COP is organized by Pecha Kucha Nightand Cambia.pe (an initiative of the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law -SPDA).

The event will be made possible thanks to the Conference of the Parties-COP20, the Ministry of Environment, Park Services of Lima (SERPAR) and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECID). 

It is also supported by the European Union Delegation in Peru and Telefónica del Peru.


Access to Parque de la Exposición will start at 7:00PM.

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Published: 11/8/2014