RegionsAdapt 2018 Report: Multi-level Governance in Climate Change Adaptation
The RegionsAdapt 2018 Report gathers the physical and socio-economic climate risks that 42 regions around the world face and their best adaptation practices to address these challenges.
Ciência e Clima
Science and climate is a scientific outreach site focused on global warming and climate change. The objective is to present articles and analyzes on the latest advances in scientific research, expl
Ministério do Meio Ambiente do Brasil | Ministry of the Environment (Brazil)
Brazil's Ministry of the Environment (MMA) includes programs aimed at recovery, conservation and sustainability in various environmental areas. Among the highlights is the Rural Environmental Regis
AdaptaClima: CCA Knowledge for Brazil
The AdaptaClima platform makes available various materials on adaptation to climate change, including studies, tools and methods, that are specific to Brazil.
Identifying differentiated needs for resilience planning in urban poor communities
This webinar looked at key results from the application of the Urban Community Resilience Assessment tool and discuss how it can better capture differentiated needs to inform resilience planning.
Evaluating Climate Change Action for Sustainable Development
This book documents emerging and innovative evaluation knowledge and practice for climate change and its links to sustainable development.
CLIMA Land Water Energy: Biofuels expansion and adaptation
This project aims to inform policymakers and stakeholders on biofuels expansion scenarios to 2030 that would support sustainable adaptation in the agricultural and bioenergy sectors of Brazil.
CLIMA
CLIMA is a research platform seeking to inform Brazilian and international stakeholders on the social and environmental impacts of biofuels expansion in Brazil.
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro or University of Brazil (Portuguese: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ or Universidade do Brasil
The politics of climate change at the city level - insights from three mega-cities
This Guide summarises the the politics of climate-related decision-making in three Latin American mega-cities: Buenos Aires, São Paulo and Mexico City.
GIP – Public Interest Management
Public Interest Management (Gestão de Interesse Público - GIP) works in a mosaic of socio-environmental initiatives and projects with the aim of convening actors,
Center for environmental studies and research (NEPAM)
The Center for Studies and Environmental Research (NEPAM), established in 1987, aims to undertake interdisciplinary research on environmental issues, perform interventions on environmental problems
Federal University of Pernambuco
Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) is a public university located in Recife, Brazil, established in 1946. UFPE has 70 undergraduate courses and 175 postgraduate courses.
sNAPshot: Initiating sector integration of adaptation considerations
This overview brief from the NAP Global Network introduces the topic of sector integration and different ways to initiate it in the national adaptation plan (NAP) process.
Regionalisation of global insights into dryland vulnerability: Northeast Brazil
Global analyses of vulnerability reveal generic insights into the relation between socio-ecological systems and the stress impacting upon them including climate & market variability.
Climate Policy Initiative
Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) works to improve the most important energy and land use policies around the world, with a particular focus on finance.
An Overview of REDD and its history
Do you find REDD confusing, opaque, and obtuse? Do you wonder where it came from, and how it impacts indigenous people? Find out here.
Fundação Getúlio Vargas
Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), founded in 1944, is a world renowned center for quality education dedicated to promoting Brazil's economic and social development.
Business strategies on Adaptation to Climate Change
Figure from report: Framework - A Path to Elaborate Business Agendas for Adaption to Climate Change
IntroductionThe Business for Climate Platform (EPC) is one of...
Ecosystem based adaptation in marine, terrestrial and coastal regions as a means of improving livelihoods in the face of climate change
Conservation International is implementing Ecosystem-based Adaptation approaches in marine, terrestrial and coastal regions in Brazil, Philippines and South Africa, where we have strong...
Linking models
Policy makers and researchers in the MAPS (Mitigation Action Plans and Scenarios Programme) countries, namely Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and South Africa are interested in...
Local hopes and worries about REDD+ projects
A family collects Brazil nuts from their forest. Kristen Evans/CIFOR
Local forest communities in the REDD+ project sites of CIFOR’s Global Comparative Study...
What is Social Learning?
'Social' learning is thought to occur through the sharing of knowledge between individuals, groups and organisations in society through interactions, particularly in novel environments and...
Latin America Regional Strategy
This short overview of climate change issues in Latin America was written by Ben Smith and Tahia Devisscher as input to an Environment and Climate Change policy brief to inform the development of...
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