Brazil

National policies, plans and risk and governance profile(s)

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Policies and plans

O Plano de Resiliência da Defesa Civil Municipal de Vinhedo 2025-2028 reflete o compromisso com a preparação da cidade para os desafios relacionados a desastres.

Prefeitura do Município de Vinhedo, São Paulo
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This study in Brazil shows how informal practices like word-of-mouth, memory sharing, and grassroots organizing help communities manage flood risks.

Interface – Comunicacao, Saude, Educacao
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Documents and publications

This study assesses the role of anthropogenic climate change in the likelihood and intensity of heavy rainfall events over Eastern Northeast Brazil like those that devastated the region in May 2022.

Weather and Climate Extremes (Elsevier)
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In this study, environmental observations are combined with regional socioeconomic data to assess erosion and sedimentation risks for river-floodplain communities in the Central Amazon.

Communications Earth & Environment (Nature)
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This report examines the economic and non-economic losses experienced in three major cities: São Paulo (Brazil), Nairobi (Kenya), and Jakarta (Indonesia).

United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
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Documents and publications

This analysis delves into precipitation dynamics in the Bacia Taquari Antas region, with a focus on September 2023.

npj Natural Hazards (Nature)
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Documents and publications

This paper analyzes the root causes and the key triggering factors of the 2022 Petrópolis landslide disaster in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil by assessing the spatial relationship of landslide occurrence with various environmental factors.

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, the
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Documents and publications

In a case study of the Brazil-Europe soy supply chain, this paper aims to explore how stakeholders perceive past and future shocks, how climate change impacts affect stakeholders differently, and how they might respond.

Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier)

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