Brazil

This document is the second edition of the emergency plan for the city of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro. This plan provides an integrated official protocol for municipal governance and aims to coordinate and support response activities to emergencies and

The WRI has developed the urban community resilience assessment (UCRA), a tool for city planners to measure differentiated needs for climate resilience. Accurate and detailed risk data at the city- and neighborhood-levels, is key to ensuring cities will

This profile provides an overview of climate risk issues in the Amazon Basin, including how climate change will potentially impact ecosystems, water, agriculture, health, infrastructure, and tourism.

A large part of the world’s population lives in cities, with growing estimates for the coming years. Many agglomerations are in areas of greater vulnerability, such as the coast. Demographic growth demands a larger area, with expansion of public services

To achieve the climate goals of the Paris Agreement, dedicated efforts are required by all government levels as well as stakeholders from business and civil society. Especially cities and municipalities need to be recognized, engaged and enabled to fulfil

The tasks of disaster risk monitoring and early warning are an important means of improving the efficiency of disaster response and preparedness. However, although the current works in this area have sought to provide a more accurate and better

El objetivo de este estudio es evaluar la vulnerabilidad climática de la denominada región de triple frontera, compuesta por tres ciudades vecinas ubicadas en tres países de América del Sur. Las ciudades son Foz do Iguaçu (Brasil), Puerto Iguazú

This report is the first to define and quantify the magnitude of the cooling access challenge, including an assessment of countries facing the biggest risks, measured by extreme heat, food losses, and damaged or destroyed vaccines and medicines. The