Amazonia and the Northeast region of Brazil exhibit the highest levels of climate
vulnerability in the country. While Amazonia is characterized by an extremely hot and humid …

Vulnerability, understood as the propensity to be adversely affected, has attained
importance in the context of climate change by helping to understand what makes …

Vulnerability to climate change is a complex and dynamic phenomenon involving both
social and physical/environmental aspects. It is presented as a method for the quantification …

The complexity of multi-dimensional climate, environmental and human health information
complicates bringing together scientists, civil society, and decision makers to provide …

A national quantitative assessment of the current vulnerability of the Brazilian population to
the health impacts of climate change was undertaken with the support of the Brazilian …

Climate change will exacerbate the vulnerability of places and people around the world in
the next decades, especially in less developed regions. In this paper, we investigate future …

In recent years, multidisciplinary studies have sought to understand the interaction between
environmental factors that modulate people's risks and susceptibilities to climate change …

BY JOSE A. MARENGO, LUIZ EOC ARAGÃO, PETER M. COX, RICHARD BETTS, DUARTE
COSTA, NEIL KAYE, LAUREN T. SMITH, LINCOLN M. ALVES, AND VERA REIS the Global …

Human vulnerability represents an open field of study that allows us, through the use of
indicators, to measure a territory's weakness and potential for dealing with negative climate …

The focus of this work is on small municipalities (population below 50 thousand inhabitants)
that cover around 87% of the territory of the Brazilian Legal Amazon (BLA). Based on a …