The various documents prepared by the Intergovernmental Panel of Climatic Changes (IPCC) indicates that for the coming years there will be an increase in temperature of some degrees, a rise between 1.8 to 4º C, as a best estimate. This rise could cause an increase in different climatic phenomenon that would cause severe loss of human materials around the world. Developing countries are more vulnerable. Nevertheless, it is also possible that this warming brings some important benefits in some locations of the planet. This article considers these aspects within the context of the social, economic and environmental reality of the department of Junin, in the central Andean region of Peru. It also emphasizes the key role played by the actual optimal management of natural resources in some cities located in the mountains.
