Climate talks to discuss commitments for industrialized countries under the Kyoto Protocol are underway in Cancún. This documentary, Trouble at the Top of the World, takes a look at Alpaca ranchers high above sea level and how climate change is impacting them.
When most people think of climate change the common narrative is filled with stories of rising sea levels and severe storms in both winter and summer. Yet there is another, less well-known chapter being written and it is taking place in the high Andes, far from the sea but no less severe for those living through it.
In recent years, Peru’s newspapers have been reporting with increasing alarm, a plethora of unexpected infant deaths due to the extreme cold in the highlands.
