The Nexus+ approach applied to studies of Impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Brazil

Authors

  • Sonia Maria Viggiani Coutinho Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8525-2562
  • Diogo Victor Santos Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação, MCTI, Brasília, DF, Brasil
  • Marcel Bursztyn Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil
  • José Antônio Marengo Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alerta de Desastres Naturais ”“ Cemaden, São José dos Campos, SP, Brasil
  • Saulo Rodrigues-Filho Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil
  • André F. P. Lucena Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
  • Daniel Andrés Rodriguez Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
  • Stoécio Malta Ferreira Maia Instituto Federal de Alagoas, IFAL, Maceió, AL, Brasil

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https://doi.org/10.18472/SustDeb.v11n3.2020.33514

Abstract

This paper aims to present the methodology developed within the Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation (IVA) to climate change component of the Fourth National Communication (4CN) of Brazil. The methodological choice of this 4CN involves the application of the nexus+ integrated approach, based on studies of impacts and vulnerabilities for water, energy, food and socio-environmental securities, in the different in the territories of Brazilian biomes, coastal areas and cities. For each of these securities it were identified the observed impacts; analysis of risk conditions; definition and assessments of integrated analysis of key impacts at territorial level; inventory, selection and analysis of adaption options in the context of Nexus+, identifying synergies and trade-offs. This process made possible an integrated assessment among the conditioning risk factors, impacts and interactions among proposed adaptation options.

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Author Biographies

Sonia Maria Viggiani Coutinho, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil

Graduated in Law, Master in Public Health and Ph.D. in Sciences, research line Public Policy and Environmental Management, all from the University of São Paulo. Post-doctorate from FSP / USP, with Bolsa Fapesp and from Escola Politécnica / USP, with CEST / USP scholarship. Collaborating researcher at the Institute for Advanced Studies / USP. Punctual advisor of the Graduate Program Environment, Health, and Sustainability. At IEA, he is a member of the USP Global Cities Program. Participates in the Risk Management and Territorial Planning Research Groups (UFABC); Ways of Life, Sustainability and Contemporary Dynamics (FSP / USP); Support Center for Research on Climate Change (INCLINE - INterdisciplinary Climate Investigation Center) (IAG / USP); and SIADES - Environmental Information System for Sustainable Development (FSP / USP). He works in the area of ”‹”‹Environmental Sciences, Public Health and Interdisciplinary, mainly in the following themes: public policies, environmental and urban management, sustainability indicators, environmental and urban law, environmental legislation, cities, health, and climate change, sustainable development, interdisciplinarity.

Diogo Victor Santos, Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação, MCTI, Brasília, DF, Brasil

Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação, MCTI, Brasília, DF, Brasil

Marcel Bursztyn, Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil

Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil

José Antônio Marengo, Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alerta de Desastres Naturais ”“ Cemaden, São José dos Campos, SP, Brasil

Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alerta de Desastres Naturais ”“ Cemaden, São José dos Campos, SP, Brasil

Saulo Rodrigues-Filho, Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil

Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil

André F. P. Lucena, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

Daniel Andrés Rodriguez, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

Stoécio Malta Ferreira Maia, Instituto Federal de Alagoas, IFAL, Maceió, AL, Brasil

Instituto Federal de Alagoas, IFAL, Maceió, AL, Brasil

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Viggiani Coutinho, S. M., Santos, D. V. ., Bursztyn, M., Marengo, J. A., Rodrigues-Filho, S., Lucena, A. F. P., … Maia, S. M. F. (2020). The Nexus+ approach applied to studies of Impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Brazil. Sustainability in Debate, 11(3), 24–56. https://doi.org/10.18472/SustDeb.v11n3.2020.33514

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