Blog Posts: resiliência

Medidas de infraestrutura natural e resiliência podem ajudar as cidades a avançarem em sua capacidade de prevenir e, também, de se recuperar dos impactos das mudanças climáticas.

This year we learned, once again, that climate change is not a distant phenomenon. It is here right now.

Communities in Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre are particularly vulnerable to flooding and other climate risks. A new tool helps them find ways to adapt that also benefit the poorest members of society.

Following one of the worst seasons of extreme weather events in recent history, we are a day away from the world's first virtual climate summit. The November 22 Climate Vulnerable Forum Virtual Summit is organized by the 48 countries most vulnerable to climate change, but aims to highlight the urgent need for all countries to enhance their climate ambition.

Four environmental defenders are murdered every week in Latin America and the Caribbean. A new regional agreement aims to protect them and provide all citizens with environmental rights.

Home is a place of stability and security. It is a place where families come together to work towards and celebrate mutual prosperity. But as the human and economic toll of climate change continues to rise, we face legitimate risk of this sense of home being uprooted.

Last month, a blistering heat wave killed at least 60 people in Karachi, Pakistan.

This article was written by Kelly Levin and originally published onWRI Insights.

We’re only a few days into the new year, but it’s already off to an extreme start.

The Executive Summary of FLW Standard is launched in Portuguese to support companies, governments and civil society to quantify and report on food loss and waste in the production chain