Peru's Framework Law on Climate Change (Law 30754)

Peru's Framework Law on Climate Change (Law 30754) is the statute that organises the country's climate policy. It was published in the official gazette El Peruano on 18 April 2018, and its implementing regulations were approved by Supreme Decree 013-2019-MINAM on 31 December 2019. Together, the law and its regulations set out who does what on climate, which instruments exist, and how emissions are measured, reported and verified, with the Ministry of the Environment (MINAM) as the national climate authority.

Purpose of the law

Article 1 states the purpose: to establish the principles, approaches and general provisions for coordinating, designing, implementing, reporting, monitoring, evaluating and communicating public policy on adaptation and mitigation. It names three goals: reducing the country's vulnerability to climate change, capturing the opportunities of low-carbon growth, and meeting the commitments Peru has made under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The law rests on principles including integration, cross-cutting action, accountability, transparency, participation, climate governance and prevention. Article 11 explicitly recognises the private sector, civil society and Indigenous peoples as non-state actors that recommend adaptation and mitigation action, including emission reductions and the growth and conservation of carbon stocks.

Climate management instruments

Article 12 lists the instruments for integrated climate change management:

• The National Climate Change Strategy and the regional strategies, each with its own action plan.
• Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), which MINAM monitors and evaluates.
• Other climate-related management instruments.

These instruments are binding and mandatory for the competent authorities, which must budget for them. In November 2024 Peru adopted its National Strategy on Climate Change to 2050 as national policy, setting out net zero emissions by 2050. In November 2025 the country submitted its third NDC, committing to emissions no higher than 179 MtCO2eq in 2035 as a conditional target. The list of adaptation and mitigation measures that make up the NDCs was approved by Supreme Decree 019-2025-MINAM.

The measurement, reporting and verification system

The part of the regulations that matters most to a company is the one governing measurement, reporting and verification (MRV). Article 51 lists five tools:

1. A national baseline of greenhouse gas emissions and removals.
2. INFOCARBONO, which organises the annual sectoral reports feeding the National GHG Inventory.
3. Huella de Carbono Perú, created by article 55 as a free, voluntary digital tool for public and private organisations to measure and cut their emissions.
4. The National Registry of Mitigation Measures (RENAMI), created by article 56, which tracks progress on reductions, prevents double counting and controls transfers of reduction units.
5. Reports to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

At organisational level, the regulations point to specific technical standards: measurement follows Peruvian Technical Standard NTP ISO 14064-1, and verification is carried out by a conformity assessment body accredited under NTP ISO 14065. That reference is what connects Peru's framework to international practice under the GHG Protocol and to accounting by scope 1, scope 2 and scope 3.

What it means for the private sector

It is worth being precise: Law 30754 does not in itself require a Peruvian private company to calculate or publish its carbon footprint. The binding obligations it creates fall on competent authorities. What it does is build the infrastructure through which a company enters the national climate framework, and that infrastructure has three doors:

• Huella de Carbono Perú, free and voluntary, where an organisation measures, verifies and reduces its emissions and earns recognition by level.
• The RENAMI, where emission reduction projects must be registered and from which transfers of units are authorised.
• Environmental impact assessment: the second final supplementary provision of the law requires climate risk and vulnerability analysis, and the identification of mitigation and adaptation measures, to be built into investment projects subject to the National Environmental Impact Assessment System.

On top of that comes market pressure: tender documents, corporate customers asking suppliers for emissions data, and international buyers subject to European rules. To see how all these pieces fit together, read the guide to environmental and sustainability regulation for companies in Peru.

Frequently asked questions

Does Law 30754 require companies to report emissions?

Not directly. Its instruments are binding on competent authorities. The route the regulations set out for private organisations is Huella de Carbono Perú, defined as free and voluntary.

What are the regulations for Law 30754?

Supreme Decree 013-2019-MINAM, published on 31 December 2019, which develops climate governance, the instruments and the measurement, reporting and verification system.

Which technical standard applies to measuring an organisation's emissions in Peru?

Peruvian Technical Standard NTP ISO 14064-1, under article 42 of the regulations. Verification is carried out under NTP ISO 14065 by an accredited conformity assessment body.

What is RENAMI?

The National Registry of Mitigation Measures, created by article 56 of the regulations, which collects and monitors progress on emission reductions, prevents double counting and records transfers of reduction units.

If your organisation needs to organise its activity data and calculate emissions in line with ISO 14064-1 before uploading them to Huella de Carbono Perú, start with the carbon footprint solution.